Alameda County Features & Landmarks

Alameda County Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

Note 1: The Cultural Feature "Locales" can be very helpful in getting oriented in a new community.
Note 2: Links for Local Area Search and Driving Directions are below each feature map.

Physical Features
Areas	2
Bars	1
Basins	2
Bays	8
Beaches	1
Bends	2
Capes	12
Falls	1
Flats	6
Gaps	6
Guts	4
Islands	3
Lakes	4
Ranges	3
Ridges	15
Springs	7
Streams	82
Summits	25
Swamps	1
Valleys	55
Woods	1

Cultural Features
Airports	9
Bridges	5
Buildings	375
Canals	9
Cemeteries	25
Channels	1
Churches	458
Civil	34
Crossings	65
Dams	27
Harbors	10
Hospitals	40
Locales	219
Mines	10
Parks	379
Post Offices	46
Reservoirs	31
Schools	736
Towers	22
Tunnels	7
Wells	2

Historical Features
Airports	4
Buildings	4
Churches	12
Hospitals	6
Lakes	1
Locales	65
Military (Historical)	15
Mines	1
Parks	5
Populated Places	8
Schools	36

Physical Features are the natural features of the Earth's surface.
Cultural Features are landscape features that were created or shaped by humans.
Historical Features are features that no longer exist on the landscape.
Historical Landmarks: California's National Historic Landmarks