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Sacramento 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 1
Bars 9
Basins 1
Bends 4
Capes 2
Flats 1
Guts 11
Islands 15
Lakes 8
Streams 44
Summits 1
Swamps 1
Valleys 7
Woods 1
Cultural Features
Airports 21
Bridges 9
Buildings 311
Canals 12
Cemeteries 30
Channels 2
Churches 471
Civil 22
Crossings 85
Dams 22
Harbors 2
Hospitals 18
Locales 251
Mines 6
Oilfields 2
Parks 405
Post Offices 35
Reserves 1
Reservoirs 11
Schools 477
Towers 32
Trails 2
Historical Features
Airports 4
Bars 1
Buildings 12
Cemeteries 1
Civil 1
Hospitals 3
Islands 1
Lakes 5
Locales 9
Military (Historical) 5
Mines 1
Parks 1
Populated Places 24
Schools 82
  • 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