The original state coverage was downloaded by the Office of Planning from USGS in March, 2003.
Please see the metadata for "PlaceNames" for the description of all Feature Types. Just "beach" and "park" are defined here for the purposes of this data layer.
beach: the sloping shore along a body of water that is washed by waves or tides and is usually covered by sand or gravel (coast, shore, strand).
park: place 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, wilderness area).
Item definition originally obtained from GNIS On-Line Data Users Guide (<http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/ti/GNIS/gnis_users_guide.html>), 2000.