Inyo County, California. Places of Interest

Location Type# of PlacesLocation Definition
Airport12Manmade facility maintained for the use of aircraft (airfield, airstrip, landing field, landing strip).
Building3a manmade structure with walls and a roof for protection of people and (or) materials, but not including church, hospital, or school.
Dam13water barrier or embankment built across the course of a stream or into a body of water to control and (or) impound the flow of water (breakwater, dike, jetty).
Locale222place at which there is or was human activity; it does not include populated places, mines, and dams (battlefield, crossroad, camp, farm, ghost town, landing, railroad siding, ranch, ruins, site, station, windmill).
Mine417place or area from which commercial minerals are or were removed from the Earth; not including oilfield (pit, quarry, shaft).
Park18place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or natural resource and under some form of government administration; not including National or State forests or Reserves (national historical landmark, national park, State park, wilde?
Pillar4vertical, standing, often spire shaped, natural rock formation (chimney, monument, pinnacle, pohaku, rock tower).
Pop place128(populated place) place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village).
Post office3(post office) an official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing and distributing mail and other postal material.
Reserve6a tract of land set aside for a specific use (does not include forests, civil divisions, parks).
Reservoir13artificially impounded body of water (lake, tank).
School8building or group of buildings used as an institution for study, teaching, and learning (academy, college, high school, university).
Tower4a manmade structure, higher than its diameter, generally used for observation, storage, or electronic transmission.
Trail8route for passage from one point to another; does not include roads or highways (jeep trail, path, ski trail).
Well19manmade shaft or hole in the Earth's surface used to obtain fluid or gaseous materials.
Basin37relatively low area or natural depression enclosed by higher land (cirque, pit, sink, amphitheater).
Bench4area of relatively level land on the flank of an elevation such as a hill, ridge, or mountain where the slope of the land rises on one side and descends on the opposite side (level).
Cape2projection of land extending into a body of water (lea, neck, peninsula, point).
Cliff2very steep or vertical slope (bluff, crag, head, headland, nose, palisades, precipice, promontory, rim, rimrock).
Crater7circular shaped depression at the summit of a volcanic cone or one on the surface of the land caused by the impact of a meteorite; a manmade depression caused by an explosion (caldera, lua).
Falls7perpendicular or very steep fall of water in the course of a stream (cascade, cataract, waterfall).
Flat91relative level area within a region of greater relief (clearing, glade, playa).
Forest1bounded area of woods, forest, or grassland under the administration of a political agency (see "woods") (national forest, national grasslands, State forest).
Gap57low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range (col, notch, pass, saddle, water gap, wind gap).
Glacier5body or stream of ice moving outward and downslope from an area of accumulation; an area of relatively permanent snow or ice on the top or side of a mountain or mountainous area (icefield, ice patch, snow patch).
Lake173natural body of inland water (backwater, lac, lagoon, laguna, pond, pool, resaca, waterhole).
Plain1a region of general uniform slope, comparatively level and of considerable extent (grassland, highland, kula, plateau, upland).
Other8category for miscellaneous named entities that cannot readily be placed in the other feature classes listed here.
Range54chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra).
Ridge18elevation with a narrow, elongated crest which can be part of a hill or mountain (crest, cuesta, escarpment, hogback, lae, rim, spur).
Spring262place where underground water flows naturally to the surface of the Earth (seep).
Stream158linear body of water flowing on the Earth's surface (anabranch, awawa, bayou, branch, brook, creek, distributary, fork, kill, pup, rio, river, run, slough).
Summit275prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth's surface; does not include pillars, ridges, or ranges (ahu, berg, bald, butte, cerro, colina, cone, cumbre, dome, head, hill, horn, knob, knoll, mauna, mesa, mesita, mound, mount, mount?
Swamp4poorly drained wetland, fresh or saltwater, wooded or grassy, possibly covered with open water (bog, cienega, marais, marsh, pocosin).
Valley289linear depression in the Earth's surface that generally slopes from one end to the other (barranca, canyon, chasm, cove, draw, glen, gorge, gulch, gulf, hollow, ravine).
Woods1small area covered with a dense growth of trees; does not include an area of trees under the administration of a political agency (see "forest").
Yahoo! News Search Results for Inyo County California    
last updated: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:04:54 GMT

 Inyo skies hazy from nearby wildfires
Inyo County is flanked by four wildfires that have flooded the Owens Valley with smoke, destroyed several homes in Kern County and closed a major highway in Mono County.
 Inyo brings home gold for second year in row
Inyo County once again blew judges and spectators away with a creative, educational and aesthetically unique booth at the California State Fair.
 Three-county tour returning to fairgrounds in Bishop
Residents of Inyo, Mono and Alpine counties are being invited to pack their bags and set sail for a five-day tour at this years Tri-County Fair, staged to the theme Gilligans Island Fun for Everyone!


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