The North Pacific Coast

The The North Pacific Coast  and Long Island have almost opposite physical features. With Long Island being very flat, the highest elevation being Jaynes Hill according to the NED, National Elevation Dataset, being 387 feet. Walt Whitman was born near this hill, and there is a plaque at the summit with some of his writing:

The contrast to the The North Pacific Coast with its vast mountain ranges, containing the highest elevation point in North America Mt. McKinley, Alaska at 20,327 feet is 19,940 feet higher than Long Islands highest point. Roughly 3.75 miles higher! Here is a video clip of Rex Pemberton reaching the summit of Mt. McKinley:

(mostly just because the view is awesome)



The North Pacific Coast is also the only place other than Hawaii that has active volcanic activity in the United States. There is no volcanic activity on Long Island at all. Here are some clips from Mt St. Helens eruption in 1980, located in the southern part of the Cascades.



This clip gives some great scenic information on the Cascades, as well as great information on Mt. St. Helens, it is a bit long but a great watch.

Now there are some similiar economic activities that occur in both The North Pacific Coast, and Long Island and one of the most obvious is probably fishing and related industries. The North Pacific Coast has Shellfish farms and so does Long Island, as well as fishing off the coastal waters. Here is a bit about some of the fare available on Long Island, as well as a quick comparison between East and West coast, although not totally specific to the North Pacific Coast and Long Island it is worth a watch.