Santa Clara 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 4
Basins 1
Bays 1
Capes 4
Falls 4
Flats 19
Gaps 5
Guts 10
Islands 1
Lakes 6
Pillars 5
Ranges 6
Ridges 41
Springs 16
Streams 150
Summits 78
Swamps 3
Valleys 112
Woods 1
Cultural Features
Airports 11
Bridges 1
Buildings 363
Canals 3
Cemeteries 15
Channels 1
Churches 372
Civil 58
Crossings 114
Dams 39
Hospitals 28
Locales 281
Mines 20
Oilfields 1
Parks 298
Post Offices 27
Reservoirs 32
Schools 687
Towers 34
Tunnels 2
Historical Features
Buildings 3
Churches 5
Dams 1
Guts 1
Hospitals 4
Lakes 1
Locales 13
Military (Historical) 3
Mines 2
Parks 1
Populated Places 12
Post Offices 1
Schools 54
  • 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