national seashore
noun
: a recreational area adjacent to a seacoast and maintained by the federal government
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Though no one was injured, debris from the two homes is now scattered up and down the national seashore and will likely require an extensive cleanup process. 
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2022 Operated by the National Park Service, this area is the country’s first national seashore and extends from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 The flag is bright yellow with an outline of a turtle in black and is flown on days when Kemp’s ridley sea turtle eggs are found according to a Facebook post by the national seashore. Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 The national seashore installed call boxes on six beaches to cover cellular service gaps. New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 Supported by a $383,000 state grant, towns and the national seashore posted new shark-warning signs with a more imposing image and installed stop-the-bleed kits, with tourniquets and bandages, in bright orange boxes along the coast. New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 With the sands stabilized, U.S. lawmakers first considered designating the Oregon Dunes as a national seashore in 1958, along with the Sea Lion Caves north of Florence. oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2021 In the early 1970s, the Carnegies sold or deeded most of the island to the federal government, so the National Park Service could preserve the wild coastal forest as a national seashore. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021 Residents here made their own agreement with the Department of the Interior in the 1970s to fold the island into the national seashore while continuing to own it privately, adhering to rigorous conservation principles. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021 See More
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2022 Operated by the National Park Service, this area is the country’s first national seashore and extends from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 The flag is bright yellow with an outline of a turtle in black and is flown on days when Kemp’s ridley sea turtle eggs are found according to a Facebook post by the national seashore. Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 The national seashore installed call boxes on six beaches to cover cellular service gaps. New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 Supported by a $383,000 state grant, towns and the national seashore posted new shark-warning signs with a more imposing image and installed stop-the-bleed kits, with tourniquets and bandages, in bright orange boxes along the coast. New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 With the sands stabilized, U.S. lawmakers first considered designating the Oregon Dunes as a national seashore in 1958, along with the Sea Lion Caves north of Florence. oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2021 In the early 1970s, the Carnegies sold or deeded most of the island to the federal government, so the National Park Service could preserve the wild coastal forest as a national seashore. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021 Residents here made their own agreement with the Department of the Interior in the 1970s to fold the island into the national seashore while continuing to own it privately, adhering to rigorous conservation principles. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above