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San Diego 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 10
Arroyos 1
Bars 4
Basins 12
Bays 30
Beaches 22
Benches 1
Bends 1
Capes 40
Cliffs 6
Falls 6
Flats 70
Forests 1
Gaps 14
Guts 2
Islands 15
Lakes 22
Pillars 2
Ranges 24
Ridges 18
Slopes 1
Springs 102
Streams 206
Summits 208
Swamps 8
Valleys 397
Woods 7
Cultural Features
Airports 53
Bridges 6
Buildings 603
Canals 7
Cemeteries 28
Channels 5
Churches 1,195
Civil 71
Crossings 169
Dams 60
Harbors 9
Hospitals 88
Locales 799
Mines 123
Oilfields 1
Parks 521
Post Offices 73
Reserves 9
Reservoirs 60
Schools 817
Towers 49
Trails 91
Tunnels 4
Wells 6
Historical Features
Airports 2
Arches 1
Bays 1
Buildings 1
Capes 1
Churches 3
Civil 3
Hospitals 5
Lakes 1
Locales 29
Military (Historical) 15
Parks 2
Populated Places 67
Post Offices 3
Reservoirs 3
Schools 20
Tunnels 3
  • 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