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Massachusetts Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Massachusetts
Physical Features
Arches 1
Areas 6
Bars 324
Basins 24
Bays 322
Beaches 249
Benches 12
Bends 4
Capes 519
Cliffs 73
Falls 26
Flats 58
Forests 94
Gaps 16
Guts 33
Islands 676
Isthmuses 8
Lakes 1,541
Pillars 4
Plains 8
Ranges 19
Rapids 3
Ridges 50
Springs 15
Streams 2,158
Summits 2,066
Swamps 493
Valleys 72
Woods 14
Massachusetts
Cultural Features
Airports 247
Bridges 99
Buildings 3,527
Canals 36
Cemeteries 1,301
Channels 69
Churches 2,047
Civil 369
Crossings 258
Dams 1,189
Harbors 63
Hospitals 269
Levees 1
Locales 1,868
Mines 1
Parks 1,395
Post Offices 260
Reserves 22
Reservoirs 1,383
Schools 3,673
Towers 248
Trails 38
Massachusetts Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 3
Bars 8
Bays 4
Bridges 7
Buildings 36
Canals 2
Capes 6
Cemeteries 2
Channels 1
Churches 6
Civil 5
Dams 2
Forests 1
Hospitals 8
Islands 8
Isthmuses 3
Lakes 25
Locales 274
Military (Historical) 21
Parks 6
Populated Places 49
Post Offices 138
Reservoirs 4
Ridges 1
Schools 53
Streams 8
Summits 4
Swamps 7
Towers 1

Massachusetts's National
Historic Landmarks
181
  • 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.