105,725 Locations Found in California: Airport: 995 Found Manmade facility maintained for the use of aircraft (airfield, airstrip, landing field, landing strip). Arch: 20 Found Natural arch-like opening in a rock mass (bridge, natural bridge, sea arch). Area: 287 Found Any one of several extensive natural features not included in other categories (badlands, barren, delta, fan, garden). Arroyo: 2 Found Watercourse or channel through which water may occasionally flow (coulee, draw, gully, wash). Bar: 278 Found Natural accumulation of sand, gravel, or alluvium forming an underwater or exposed embankment (ledge, reef, sandbar, shoal, spit). Basin: 509 Found Natural depression or relatively low area enclosed by higher land (amphitheater, cirque, pit, sink). Bay: 425 Found Indentation of a coastline orshoreline enclosing a part of a body of water; a body of water partly surrounded by land (arm, bight, cove, estuary, gulf, inlet, sound). Beach: 281 Found The sloping shore along a body of water that is washed by waves or tides and is usually covered by sand or gravel (coast, shore, strand). Bench: 31 Found Area of relatively level land on the flank of an elevation such as a hill, ridge, or mountain where the slope of the land rises on one side and descends on the opposite side (level). Bend: 108 Found Curve in the course of a stream and (or) the land within the curve; a curve in a linear body of water (bottom, loop, meander). Bridge: 157 Found Manmade structure carrying a trail, road, or other transportation system across a body of water or depression (causeway, overpass, trestle). Building: 4,112 Found A manmade structure with walls and a roof for protection of people and (or) materials, but not including church, hospital, or school. Canal: 2,299 Found Manmade waterway used by watercraft or for drainage, irrigation, mining, or water power (ditch, lateral). Cape: 662 Found Projection of land extending into a body of water (lea, neck, peninsula, point). Cemetery: 838 Found A place or area for burying the dead (burial, burying ground, grave, memorial garden). Channel: 104 Found Linear deep part of a body of water through which the main volume of water flows and is frequently used as aroute for watercraft (passage, reach, strait, thoroughfare, throughfare). Church: 7,681 Found Building used for religious worship (chapel, mosque, synagogue, tabernacle, temple). Civil: 636 Found A political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, municipio, parish, town, township). Cliff: 186 Found Very steep or vertical slope (bluff, crag, head, headland, nose, palisades, precipice, promontory, rim, rimrock). Crater: 24 Found Circular-shaped depression at the summit of a volcanic cone or one on the surface of the land caused by the impact of a meteorite; a manmade depression caused by an explosion (caldera, lua). Crossing: 96 Found A place where two or more routes of transportation form a junction or intersection (overpass, underpass). Dam: 1,470 Found Water barrier or embankment built across the course of a stream or into a body of water to control and (or) impound the flow of water (breakwater, dike, jetty). Falls: 175 Found Perpendicular or very steep fall of water in the course of a stream (cascade, cataract, waterfall). Flat: 2,701 Found Relative level area within a region of greater relief (clearing, glade, playa). Forest: 40 Found Bounded area of woods, forest, or grassland under the administration of a political agency (see "woods") (national forest, national grasslands, State forest). Gap: 674 Found Low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range (col, notch, pass, saddle, water gap, wind gap). Geyser: 2 Found Eruptive spring from which hot water and (or) steam and in some cases mud are periodically thrown. Glacier: 20 Found Body or stream of ice moving outward and downslope from an area of accumulation; an area of relatively permanent snow or ice on the top or side of a mountain or mountainous area (icefield, ice patch, snow patch). Gut: 217 Found Relatively small coastal waterway connecting larger bodies of water or other waterways (creek, inlet, slough). Harbor: 101 Found Sheltered area of water where ships or other watercraft can anchor or dock (hono, port, roads, roadstead). Hospital: 835 Found Building where the sick or injured may receive medical or surgical attention (infirmary). Island: 527 Found Area of dry or relatively dry land surrounded by water or low wetland (archipelago, atoll, cay, hammock, hummock, isla, isle, key, moku, rock). Isthmus: 1 Found Narrow section of land in a body of water connecting two larger land areas. Lake: 2,636 Found Natural body of inland water (backwater, lac, lagoon, laguna, pond, pool, resaca, waterhole). Lava: 15 Found Formations resulting from the consolidation of molten rock on the surface of the Earth (kepula, lava flow). Levee: 23 Found Natural or manmade embankment flanking a stream (bank, berm). Locale: 13,501 Found Place at which there is or was human activity; it does not include populated places, mines, and dams (battlefield, crossroad, camp, farm, ghost town, landing, railroad siding, ranch, ruins, site, station, windmill). Military: 101 Found Place or facility formerly used for various aspects of or relating to military activity. Mine: 3,072 Found Place or area from which commercial minerals are or were removed from the Earth; not including oilfield (pit, quarry, shaft). Oilfield: 128 Found Area where petroleum is or was removed from the Earth. Park: 6,735 Found Place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or natural resource and under some form of government administration; not including National or State forests or Reserves (national historical landmark, national park, State park, wilderness area). Pillar: 306 Found Vertical, standing, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation (chimney, monument, pinnacle, pohaku, rock tower). Plain: 26 Found A region of general uniform slope, comparatively level and of considerable extent (grassland, highland, kula, plateau, upland). Post Office: 1,254 Found An official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing and distributing mail and other postal material. Populated Place: 7,514 Found Populated place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). Range: 351 Found Chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra). Rapids: 10 Found Fast-flowing section of a stream, often shallow and with exposed rock or boulders (riffle, ripple). Reserve: 209 Found A tract of land set aside for a specific use (does not include forests, civil divisions, parks). Reservoir: 1,391 Found Artificially impounded body of water (lake, tank). Ridge: 1,762 Found Elevation with a narrow, elongated crest which can be part of a hill or mountain (crest, cuesta, escarpment, hogback, lae, rim, spur). School: 11,186 Found Building or group of buildings used as an institution for study, teaching, and learning (academy, college, high school, university). Sea: 1 Found Large body of salt water (gulf, ocean). Slope: 45 Found A gently inclined part of the Earth's surface (grade, pitch). Spring: 3,075 Found Place where underground water flows naturally to the surface of the Earth (seep). Stream: 9,878 Found Linear body of water flowing on the Earth's surface (anabranch, awawa, bayou, branch, brook, creek, distributary, fork, kill, pup, rio, river, run, slough). Summit: 5,596 Found Prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth's surface; does not include pillars, ridges, or ranges (ahu, berg, bald, butte, cerro, colina, cone, cumbre, dome, head, hill, horn, knob, knoll, mauna, mesa, mesita, mound, mount, mountain, peak, puu, rock, sugarloaf, table, volcano). Swamp: 98 Found Poorly drained wetland, fresh or saltwater, wooded or grassy, possibly covered with open water (bog, cienega, marais, marsh, pocosin). Tower: 973 Found A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, generally used for observation, storage, or electronic transmission. Trail: 1,187 Found Route for passage from one point to another; does not include roads or highways (jeep trail, path, ski trail). Tunnel: 128 Found Linear underground passageway open at both ends. Valley: 7,596 Found Linear depression in the Earth's surface that generally slopes from one end to the other (barranca, canyon, chasm, cove, draw, glen, gorge, gulch, gulf, hollow, ravine). Well: 237 Found Manmade shaft or hole in the Earth's surface used to obtain fluid or gaseous materials. Woods: 197 Found Small area covered with a dense growth of trees; does not include an area of trees under the administration of a political agency (see "forest").