Illinois Features & Landmarks
  (Physical, Cultural & Historical Features)

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Illinois Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Illinois Physical Features Arches 3 Areas 17 Bars 21 Basins 17 Bays 42 Beaches 28 Bends 25 Capes 24 Cliffs 41 Falls 4 Flats 36 Forests 49 Gaps 2 Guts 149 Islands 323 Lakes 792 Pillars 3 Plains 2 Ranges 6 Rapids 3 Ridges 53 Springs 39 Streams 2,727 Summits 221 Swamps 49 Valleys 240 Woods 153

Illinois Cultural Features Airports 1,074 Bridges 161 Buildings 2,652 Canals 283 Cemeteries 6,709 Channels 25 Churches 8,674 Civil 3,073 Crossings 541 Dams 1,006 Harbors 7 Hospitals 332 Levees 12 Locales 2,235 Mines 431 Oilfields 144 Parks 4,194 Post Offices 533 Reserves 16 Reservoirs 1,119 Schools 6,384 Towers 484 Trails 45 Wells 2

Illinois Historical Features/Landmarks Airports 18 Areas 1 Beaches 2 Bridges 20 Buildings 85 Canals 3 Cemeteries 41 Churches 470 Civil 33 Crossings 13 Dams 6 Flats 1 Forests 1 Harbors 1 Hospitals 51 Islands 5 Lakes 73 Locales 174 Mines 9 Parks 14 Populated Places 200 Post Offices 171 Reservoirs 3 Schools 7,595 Streams 4 Swamps 3 Woods 24 Illinois's National Historic Landmarks82

• 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.