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Pennsylvania Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Pennsylvania
Physical Features
Arches 1
Areas 98
Bars 11
Basins 35
Bays 25
Beaches 3
Benches 2
Bends 27
Capes 37
Cliffs 45
Falls 92
Flats 41
Forests 33
Gaps 294
Guts 1
Islands 231
Lakes 526
Pillars 30
Ranges 44
Rapids 3
Ridges 400
Slopes 3
Springs 205
Streams 7,249
Summits 1,478
Swamps 202
Valleys 1,757
Woods 6
Pennsylvania
Cultural Features
Airports 917
Bridges 211
Buildings 5,548
Canals 11
Cemeteries 2,729
Channels 86
Churches 4,246
Civil 2,639
Crossings 190
Dams 1,559
Harbors 8
Hospitals 279
Levees 2
Locales 4,434
Mines 138
Oilfields 24
Parks 1,664
Post Offices 369
Reserves 18
Reservoirs 1,352
Schools 6,429
Towers 556
Trails 1,159
Tunnels 53
Wells 1
Pennsylvania Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 22
Areas 1
Bars 1
Bridges 8
Buildings 60
Canals 2
Capes 1
Cemeteries 5
Churches 66
Civil 20
Crossings 1
Dams 3
Forests 1
Hospitals 6
Islands 13
Lakes 2
Locales 164
Military (Historical) 7
Mines 37
Parks 8
Populated Places 71
Post Offices 348
Reservoirs 4
Schools 762
Springs 3
Streams 31
Swamps 4
Towers 5
Tunnels 8

Pennsylvania's National
Historic Landmarks
155
  • 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.