feliciacraft:

Sunnydale, CA, just a couple of hours north of Los Angeles by car, must be the most interesting place to live! With a population of only 38,500 (as per the “Welcome to Sunnydale” sign in 2×03 “School Hard”), this piece of suburbia has:

Geographical Features

• A hellmouth (1×01 “Welcome to the Hellmouth”)
• A lake (1×12 “Prophecy Girl”)
• A beach (2×20 “Go Fish”)
• A cliff called Kingman’s Bluff (3×10 “Amends”)

Government and Cultural Institutions

• Sunnydale Zoo (1×06 “The Pack”)
• Natural History Museum (2×04 “Inca Mummy Girl”, 2×21 “Becoming, Part One”)
• Two hospitals: Mercy Hospital (1×12 “Prophecy Girl”), and Sunnydale Memorial a.k.a. Sunnydale General Hospital (1×07 “Angel”, 2×18 “Killed by Death”)
• A military base, one with a rocket launcher (2×14 “Innocence”)
• A secret military agency, built underground, called the Initiative (4×04 “Fear Itself”)
• Several high schools (and presumably a number of elementary and middle schools as well): Sunnydale High, Fondren High (2×02 “Some Assembly Required”), Kent Preparatory School (2×05 “Reptile Boy”)
• Two colleges: Crestwood College (2×05 “Reptile Boy”), and UC Sunnydale (4×01 “The Freshman”)

Concentration of Consecrated Grounds

• 43 churches (2×10 “What’s My Line, Part Two”)
• 12 cemeteries (3×17 “Revelations”)

Transportation Hubs

• Sunnydale Bus Depot (2×04 “Inca Mummy Girl”)
• A port that can accommodate large cargo ships, possibly those bound for Asia (2×13 “Surprise”)
• Sunnydale International Airport (3×19 “Choices”, 6×01 “Bargaining, Part One”). An “international” airport is one equipped to handle immigration and customs.
• Sunnydale Train Station (5×14 “Crush”), also a terminus (a station at the end of a railway line)

Historical/Mystical Landmarks and Artifacts

• The du Lac Cross (2×09 “What’s My Line, Part One”)
• Glove of Myhneghon (3×07 “Relevations”)
• Gem of Amarra (4×03 “Harsh Light of Day”)
• The Scythe, forged centuries ago for the Slayer (7×21 “End of Days”)
• Old Sunnydale Mission, a Catholic mission buried by an earthquake in 1812 (4×18 “Pangs”)
• An Egyptian (wth, Joss?) tomb, sheltering the last of the Guardians (7×21 “End of Days”)

Other Unique Features

• A high mortality rate (2×20 “Go Fish”)
• A sewer tunnel network popular among vampires and demons (1×02 “The Harvest”)
• A multitude of abandoned factories and houses (2×01 “When She Was Bad”)

Nearby Locations

• Large woods (3×05 “Homecoming”, 6×02 “Bargaining, Part Two”)
• A desert containing a sacred spot (5×18 “Intervention”, 7×13 “The Killer in Me”)
• A dam (6×15 “As You Were”)
• Shadow Valley Vineyards (7×18 “Dirty Girls”)