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Essex 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 1
Bars 81
Basins 2
Bays 63
Beaches 46
Capes 97
Cliffs 13
Flats 1
Forests 4
Guts 4
Islands 180
Isthmuses 1
Lakes 91
Pillars 1
Rapids 1
Ridges 4
Streams 145
Summits 212
Swamps 45
Valleys 1
Woods 1
Cultural Features
Airports 24
Bridges 18
Buildings 232
Canals 2
Cemeteries 135
Channels 20
Churches 134
Civil 35
Crossings 36
Dams 110
Harbors 10
Hospitals 28
Locales 176
Parks 126
Post Offices 8
Reserves 5
Reservoirs 102
Schools 407
Towers 15
Historical Features
Bars 3
Buildings 4
Hospitals 1
Isthmuses 2
Lakes 3
Locales 22
Military (Historical) 3
Populated Places 13
Post Offices 54
Schools 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: Massachusetts's National Historic Landmarks