Napa County, California. Places of Interest

Location Type# of PlacesLocation Definition
Airport8Manmade facility maintained for the use of aircraft (airfield, airstrip, landing field, landing strip).
Bridge2manmade structure carrying a trail, road, or other transportation system across a body of water or depression (causeway, overpass, trestle).
Building9a manmade structure with walls and a roof for protection of people and (or) materials, but not including church, hospital, or school.
Church1building used for religious worship (chapel, mosque, synagogue, tabernacle, temple).
Civil13a political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, municipio, parish, town, township).
Dam49water 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).
Locale40place 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).
Mine17place or area from which commercial minerals are or were removed from the Earth; not including oilfield (pit, quarry, shaft).
Park19place 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 place60(populated place) place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village).
Post office4(post office) an official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing and distributing mail and other postal material.
Reservoir30artificially impounded body of water (lake, tank).
School5building or group of buildings used as an institution for study, teaching, and learning (academy, college, high school, university).
Tower6a manmade structure, higher than its diameter, generally used for observation, storage, or electronic transmission.
Trail6route for passage from one point to another; does not include roads or highways (jeep trail, path, ski trail).
Basin3relatively low area or natural depression enclosed by higher land (cirque, pit, sink, amphitheater).
Bend2curve in the course of a stream and (or) the land within the curve; a curve in a linear body of water (bottom, loop, meander).
Cape1projection of land extending into a body of water (lea, neck, peninsula, point).
Cliff3very steep or vertical slope (bluff, crag, head, headland, nose, palisades, precipice, promontory, rim, rimrock).
Falls1perpendicular or very steep fall of water in the course of a stream (cascade, cataract, waterfall).
Flat15relative level area within a region of greater relief (clearing, glade, playa).
Gap3low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range (col, notch, pass, saddle, water gap, wind gap).
Geyser1eruptive spring from which hot water and (or) steam and in some cases mud are periodically thrown.
Gut6relatively small coastal waterway connecting larger bodies of water or other waterways (creek, inlet, slough).
Island10area of dry or relatively dry land surrounded by water or low wetland (archipelago, atoll, cay, hammock, hummock, isla, isle, key, moku, rock).
Lake5natural body of inland water (backwater, lac, lagoon, laguna, pond, pool, resaca, waterhole).
Range3chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra).
Ridge10elevation with a narrow, elongated crest which can be part of a hill or mountain (crest, cuesta, escarpment, hogback, lae, rim, spur).
Spring11place where underground water flows naturally to the surface of the Earth (seep).
Stream77linear body of water flowing on the Earth's surface (anabranch, awawa, bayou, branch, brook, creek, distributary, fork, kill, pup, rio, river, run, slough).
Summit56prominent 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?
Swamp2poorly drained wetland, fresh or saltwater, wooded or grassy, possibly covered with open water (bog, cienega, marais, marsh, pocosin).
Valley97linear 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").
Latest News for Napa County California    
last updated: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:58:11 GMT

 Napa Valley warehouse arsonist pleads guilty (Decanter.com)
The Sausalito wine dealer accused of arson has admitted to starting the fire which destroyed 6 million bottles of California's finest wines.
 Services Set for Retired First District Justice Herbert W. Walker (Metropolitan News-Enterprise)
Memorial services for retired First District Court of Appeal Justice Herbert W. Walker have been set for Dec. 4 in Central California . Walker died at his home in Napa on Oct. 28, court officials said. He was 76.
 Man stopped for alleged drug possession (The American Canyon Eagle)
A Napa man was arrested for suspected drug possession after California Highway Patrol officers stopped him Monday. At 9:27 p.m., Dylan Joseph Cattolica, 23, was driving south on Highway 12 south of Imola Avenue, the CHP said.


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