Placer County Features & Landmarks

Placer 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	25
Basins	11
Bays	5
Beaches	4
Bends	3
Capes	7
Cliffs	11
Falls	2
Flats	51
Forests	1
Gaps	7
Lakes	40
Pillars	4
Ridges	40
Springs	29
Streams	132
Summits	103
Valleys	152

Cultural Features
Airports	9
Bridges	7
Buildings	95
Canals	48
Cemeteries	12
Channels	1
Churches	21
Civil	15
Crossings	29
Dams	49
Hospitals	3
Locales	173
Mines	200
Parks	52
Post Offices	18
Reserves	3
Reservoirs	35
Schools	62
Towers	7
Trails	60
Tunnels	6

Historical Features
Bars	3
Bridges	1
Buildings	5
Canals	1
Dams	1
Flats	2
Hospitals	4
Locales	7
Mines	2
Parks	1
Populated Places	19
Post Offices	9
Reservoirs	1
Schools	11

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