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King 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 9
Basins 4
Bays 26
Beaches 9
Benches 1
Bends 1
Capes 41
Cliffs 6
Falls 12
Flats 6
Forests 3
Gaps 14
Glaciers 2
Guts 5
Islands 9
Lakes 370
Pillars 1
Ranges 2
Ridges 19
Springs 6
Streams 304
Summits 121
Swamps 11
Valleys 12
Cultural Features
Airports 53
Bridges 22
Buildings 667
Canals 2
Cemeteries 38
Channels 15
Churches 860
Civil 48
Crossings 110
Dams 55
Harbors 5
Hospitals 56
Locales 564
Mines 12
Parks 262
Post Offices 55
Reserves 1
Reservoirs 51
Schools 1,237
Towers 66
Trails 21
Tunnels 10
Historical Features
Airports 3
Buildings 1
Dams 1
Hospitals 1
Locales 1
Military (Historical) 1
Populated Places 8
Post Offices 4
Schools 7
  • 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: Washington's National Historic Landmarks