Cook County Features & Landmarks

Cook 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	3
Bars	7
Bays	10
Beaches	23
Capes	4
Cliffs	1
Flats	7
Forests	6
Guts	5
Islands	6
Lakes	72
Ridges	4
Streams	33
Summits	1
Swamps	7
Woods	111

Cultural Features
Airports	52
Bridges	1
Buildings	1,410
Canals	12
Cemeteries	160
Channels	1
Churches	3,206
Civil	150
Crossings	143
Dams	34
Harbors	6
Hospitals	134
Locales	522
Mines	3
Parks	1,502
Post Offices	62
Reservoirs	46
Schools	2,649
Towers	77
Trails	1

Historical Features
Airports	3
Beaches	2
Buildings	71
Canals	2
Cemeteries	1
Churches	47
Civil	8
Dams	1
Harbors	1
Hospitals	23
Locales	40
Military (Historical)	7
Parks	8
Populated Places	6
Post Offices	4
Schools	160
Streams	2

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: Illinois's National Historic Landmarks