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Yakima 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
Bars 1
Basins 14
Bays 2
Bends 3
Capes 3
Cliffs 9
Falls 8
Flats 55
Forests 1
Gaps 16
Glaciers 14
Guts 1
Lakes 105
Lava 1
Pillars 9
Plains 2
Ranges 2
Ridges 38
Springs 75
Streams 254
Summits 98
Swamps 6
Valleys 91
Cultural Features
Airports 16
Buildings 71
Canals 98
Cemeteries 30
Churches 8
Civil 23
Crossings 3
Dams 17
Hospitals 4
Locales 199
Mines 1
Parks 29
Reserves 4
Reservoirs 9
Schools 110
Towers 29
Trails 36
Tunnels 1
Historical Features
Flats 1
Locales 1
Military (Historical) 1
Populated Places 1
Post Offices 1
  • 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