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Landscape Name Generator

Names for valleys, moors, plains, and wild places on your map

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Generate landscape and terrain names for fantasy maps, novels, and game worlds: valleys, moors, plains, badlands, marshes, highlands, and coasts named the way real geographic features are, from the Weeping Fells to Sorrow's Reach and the Salt Flats of Karrow.

About landscape names

Real landscape names are built from a small vocabulary that has been used for centuries. In Britain a fell is a high moor, a dale a valley, a wold rolling upland, a fen or marsh low wet ground, a down a chalk hill, a heath open scrub, and a march a border land. Colonial mapmakers added flats, barrens, badlands, breaks, and reaches. Names describe the ground honestly (the Yorkshire Dales, the Norfolk Broads, the Great Plains, the Badlands, Death Valley) or record what happened there (the Killing Fields, the Slaughters in the Cotswolds).

Fantasy maps use the same words with the mood turned up. Tolkien's Barrow-downs, Dead Marshes, and Brown Lands, and George R. R. Martin's Neck, Riverlands, and Dothraki Sea, all follow the pattern of an adjective or story word plus a real terrain term. Two structures cover almost everything: a compound name (Blackmoor, Hollowdale, Ironfold) for a small feature that locals treat as one word, and a definite-article name (The Weeping Fells, The Salt Flats of Karrow) for a large region that outsiders describe.

The list above gives you both, spread across valleys, moors, plains, marshes, coasts, and wastes, so a fantasy map or a novel's setting reads like a real gazetteer instead of a pile of adjectives.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Use the terrain word correctly: a fell is high and bare, a fen is wet, a wold rolls, a down is chalk hill; players and readers who know the words will notice.
  • Save definite-article names (The Grey Wastes) for large regions and one-word compounds (Greymarsh) for local features inside them.
  • Give a dangerous region a name that implies a story (The Widow's Downs, The Godsfall Crater) instead of a mood adjective, then let the story explain it.
  • Mix languages deliberately: a border region can have one name from each side of it, which is a cheap way to signal history.
  • Keep a consistent palette of suffixes per culture on your map (moor/fell/dale for one people, steppe/reach/march for another) so regions feel owned.

Frequently asked questions

What do words like fell, wold, dale, and fen mean?

They're old English terrain words: fell is a high bare hill or moor, wold is rolling open upland, dale is a valley, fen is low marshy ground, down is a chalk hill, heath is open scrubland, and march is a border region.

How do real landscapes get their names?

Usually from a plain description of the terrain (Great Plains, Badlands, the Broads), a color or feature (Black Hills, Salt Flats), a nearby settlement or river, or an event that happened there. Fantasy names simply intensify those patterns.

How many landscape regions should a fantasy map have?

For a novel or campaign, six to twelve named regions is plenty; each should have a distinct terrain type so the names carry information (a moor, a marsh, a plain, a coast, a range of fells) rather than all being 'lands'.

Can I use these names in a published book or game?

Yes. The names here are free for personal and commercial use. Avoid names that belong to established franchises (Barrow-downs, Riverlands) if you're publishing your own world.

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  • The Weeping Fells
  • Sorrow's Reach
  • The Salt Flats of Karrow
  • Blackmoor
  • The Ashen Steppe
  • Hollowdale
  • The Grey Wastes
  • Wyndmere Vale
  • The Rimewold
  • Fallowmarch
  • The Sunken Fens
  • Thornhollow
  • The Bonefields
  • Kestrel Moor
  • The Shattered Coast
  • Greymarsh
  • The Widow's Downs
  • Ambervale
  • The Long Fallow
  • Ravensgate Pass
  • The Howling Barrens
  • Silverstrand
  • The Emberlands
  • Cairnholm
  • The Drowned Meadows
  • Highfold
  • The Serpent Steppe
  • Ironmoor
  • The Glass Desert
  • Duskvale
  • The Mourning Marsh
  • Whitehaven Downs
  • The Bleaklands
  • Foxmere
  • The Sundering
  • Kingsreach
  • The Verdant Sweep
  • Nettlemoor
  • The Frostmarch
  • Ellenmere
  • The Whispering Flats
  • Grimsby Fell
  • The Cinder Plain
  • Merrowdale
  • The Windscar
  • Blackfen
  • The Everdusk Moor
  • Harrowfield
  • The Broken Teeth
  • Larkmoor
  • The Bramble Wold
  • Cauldron Vale
  • The Amber Downs
  • Wolfscar
  • The Redlands
  • Fennmarch
  • The Sleeping Hills
  • Sablemoor
  • The Riven Coast
  • Hartsdale
  • The Mistmarsh
  • Storm's Reach
  • The Gilded Plain
  • Cinderfell
  • The Wailing Heath
  • Elmvale
  • The Saltmarsh
  • Ashfold
  • The Cracked Earth
  • Wintermarch
  • The Rolling Wold
  • Greywater Fen
  • The Sunlit Steppe
  • Ravenmoor
  • The Withered Reach
  • Cloudfell
  • The Bittermarsh
  • Ashvale
  • The Golden Sward
  • Thornmarch
  • The Barrow Downs
  • Mistvale
  • The Grasping Fens
  • Ironfold
  • The Sighing Sands
  • Coldharbour Downs
  • The Wildmarch
  • Ravensdale
  • The Verdigris Marsh
  • Highmoor
  • The Screaming Steppe
  • Ellendale
  • The Rustlands
  • Fenwick Vale
  • The Frozen Reach
  • Skyfold
  • The Weeping Marsh
  • Duskmoor
  • The Bloody Downs
  • Wrenvale
  • The Endless Sward
  • Gorsefell
  • The Blasted Heath
  • Elderfen
  • The Copper Plains
  • Wolfmarch
  • The Rift Country
  • Stonemere Vale
  • The Grey Wold
  • Larchfold
  • The Salt Coast
  • Foxfell
  • The Wandering Dunes
  • Ashmere
  • The Sundown Steppe
  • Nightmoor
  • The Godsfall Crater
  • Cairnvale
  • The Fever Fens
  • Ravensreach
  • The Whitewold
  • Bramblefell
  • The Kingsmarch
  • Wyverndale
  • The Thistle Downs
  • Barrowfold
  • The Emerald Sweep
  • Kelmoor
  • The Ash Coast
  • Sorrowvale
  • The Singing Sands
  • Wickfell
  • The Bleeding Cliffs
  • Elmsmarch
  • The Sunless Reach
  • Ravensfold
  • The Green Country
  • Hallowdale
  • The Frostfell
  • Duskfold
  • The Barren Sward
  • Merrowmoor
  • The Highlands of Kell
  • Silvervale
  • The Nine Fells
  • Ashmarch
  • The Devil's Kettle
  • Fernfold
  • The Sea of Grass
  • Coldvale
  • The Old Downs
  • Wolfmoor Fen
  • The Ravening Wastes
  • Larkfell
  • The Bright Steppe
  • Nettlefold
  • The Widow's Marsh
  • Ashdale
  • The Tumbling Hills
  • Cinderreach
  • The Fallow Coast
  • Highmarch
  • The Deadlands
  • Kestrelvale
  • The Amber Wold
  • Grimmoor
  • The Green Downs
  • Wyndfold
  • The Iron Coast
  • Sablefell
  • The Wailing Wold
  • Foxmarch
  • The Ember Reach
  • Ellenmoor
  • The Shifting Fens
  • Ashfell
  • The Kingdom's Edge
  • Thornvale
  • The Windward Downs
  • Merrowfell
  • The Cradle Vale
  • Duskreach
  • The Last Meadow
  • The Hollow Reach
  • Brackenmoor
  • The Ashen Fells
  • Wolfsdale
  • The Silent Steppe
  • Marrowfen
  • The Burning Flats
  • Thistlemere
  • The Sundered Vale
  • Gallowsfield
  • The Copper Coast
  • Ravenholm Moor
  • The Weeping Wold
  • Sedgemarsh
  • The Cold Fallow
  • Alderfen
  • The Rusted Plain
  • Kestrelfold
  • The Bleached Downs
  • Harrowmere
  • The Wolf Country
  • Coldmarch
  • The Fading Heath
  • Bramblewick Vale
  • The Ghostly Fens
  • Stormfell
  • The Yellow Wastes
  • Hawksmoor
  • The Bitter Reach
  • Ellensward
  • The Long Barrows
  • Foxwold
  • The Ivory Steppe
  • Grimsdale
  • The Windswept Wold
  • Nettlemarch
  • The Salt Fens
  • Wrenmoor
  • The Blighted Sward
  • Ashcombe
  • The Whitecliff Coast
  • Cinderdale
  • The Mourning Downs
  • Larkspur Fen
  • The Broken Fallow
  • Kelfell
  • The Bright Vale
  • Duskmarch
  • The Rimefields
  • Sablefold
  • The Green Fallow
  • Merrowreach
  • The Frozen Fens
  • Barrowmoor
  • The Bramble Coast
  • Wyndhollow
  • The Golden Steppe
  • Thornsward
  • The Sunken Downs
  • Ironreach
  • The Old Wold
  • Hollowfen
  • The Sighing Fells
  • Cairnmarch
  • The Cinder Downs
  • Elmfold
  • The Wailing Reach
  • The Grey Sward
  • Highfell
  • The Waking Wastes
  • Silverfen
  • The Ravenous Marsh
  • Skymarch
  • The Torn Coast
  • The Sleeping Steppe
  • Larchmoor
  • The Ashen Fallow
  • Greydale
  • The Fever Marsh
  • Nightreach
  • The Widow's Fen
  • Coldfell
  • The Blooded Steppe
  • Wolfvale
  • The Emerald Downs
  • The Cracked Fells
  • Kestrelmarch
  • The Rolling Fallow
  • Bramblemoor
  • The Salt Steppe
  • Wickmoor
  • The Silent Coast
  • Fennfold
  • The Frostwold
  • Cauldronmoor
  • The Hungry Marsh
  • Ravensmere
  • The Wandering Steppe
  • Larkdale
  • The Withered Wold
  • Gorsemoor
  • The Sundered Reach
  • Ashenmarch
  • The Verdant Fallow
  • The Grey Downs
  • The Sunless Fen
  • The Screaming Fells
  • The Amber Coast
  • Elderfold
  • The Bleeding Marsh
  • The Wildwold
  • Wyvernfold
  • The Sun-Bleached Flats
  • The Copper Fens
  • The Frozen Wold
  • Elmreach
  • The Broken Downs
  • The Winter Fallow
  • The Bright Fens
  • Kelvale
  • The Barrow Coast
  • The Windward Reach
  • Wrenfold
  • The Old Fallow
  • Ashenfell
  • The Serpent Marsh
  • The Glimmering Flats
  • Grimsfold
  • The Grasping Downs
  • Silvermoor
  • The Endless Steppe
  • The Howling Fells
  • The Blasted Reach
  • The Kingsfold
  • The Amber Marsh
  • The Weeping Coast
  • The Sundown Wold
  • The Iron Fells
  • The Emerald Fen
  • Larchreach
  • The Rustwold
  • Wickdale
  • The Verdigris Downs
  • The Bitter Wold
  • The Godsfall Reach
  • Nightfell
  • The Windscarred Downs
  • Elderreach
  • The Wailing Marsh
  • The Cinder Coast
  • The Sea of Reeds
  • The Everdusk Fen
  • The Long Reach
  • The Golden Fallow
  • Fennreach
  • The Frostbitten Downs
  • The Blooded Coast
  • The Widow's Steppe
  • The Whispering Wold
  • The Sunken Wold
  • The Ravening Marsh
  • Barrowfell
  • The Sighing Downs
  • The Bleak Fen
  • The Green Wold
  • The Barren Coast
  • The Wandering Wold
  • The Rusted Fen
  • The Withered Coast
  • The Frostfen
  • The Endless Fen
  • The Sunlit Downs
  • The Serpent Fen
  • The Verdant Fen
  • The Cracked Downs
  • The Wildreach
  • The Bones of Ardun
  • Saint Ivo's Fen
  • The Widowmaker Cliffs
  • Tarrowdown Heath
  • The Marches of Ilse
  • Kettlecombe
  • The Vale of Ten Winds
  • Sorrowmoor
  • The Giant's Table
  • Ulmsfield
  • The Broken Crown Hills
  • Pellworth Fen
  • The Wolf's Backbone
  • Carrow Flats
  • The Old Man's Marsh
  • Dunhallow
  • The Plains of Ashenreth
  • Yarrowmere
  • The Sleeping Giant
  • Bexhollow
  • The Grave of Kings
  • Wolstenmoor
  • The Fields of Ember
  • Tanglewick Fen
  • The Reach of Aldous
  • Merryvale
  • The Rain Shadow
  • Cotter's Down
  • The Ninefold Vale
  • Barleymarch
  • The Bitter Salt
  • Orrowfell
  • The Hanging Vale
  • Wendover Wold
  • The Beacon Downs
  • Grimhollow
  • The Wolds of Ansel
  • Pallow Fen
  • The Drowning Sands
  • Callowmere
  • The Wide Wander
  • Draycott Fell
  • The Vale of Sighs
  • Umberfold
  • The Lonely Fallow
  • Tewkesmoor
  • The Cauldron Flats
  • Ravensbrook Vale
  • The Iron Steppe
  • Halloway Downs
  • The Barrens of Vost
  • Sedgecombe
  • Osmund's Reach
  • The Kingswold
  • Ashby Fen
  • The Cinder Downs of Ren
  • The Teeth of Morrow
  • Ninebridge Fen
  • The Shepherd's Waste
  • Callanish Downs
  • The Plain of Broken Spears
  • Old Harrow Heath
  • The Sump
  • Tarnwater Vale
  • The Firth of Gell
  • Wetherby Marsh
  • The Wolf's Larder
  • Quarry Fallow
  • The Sisters' Steppe
  • Broadmoor of Ashe
  • The Ox Country
  • Hemlock Fen
  • The Green Sea
  • Penhallow Down
  • The Twelve Barrows
  • Skerrymoor
  • The Ford of Sorrows
  • Ambledown Wold
  • The Kettle Sands
  • Netherby Fen
  • The Chalklands
  • Whitlow Common
  • The Blistered Flats
  • Crane Levels
  • The Grievous Waste
  • Marlow Reach
  • The Cinder Sea
  • Ottery Vale
  • The Kingsbarrow
  • Redcombe
  • The Sallow Fields
  • Innisfen
  • The Nettle Country
  • Faraday Down
  • The Weeping Salt
  • Cotswold of Ure
  • The Miller's Fallow
  • Ashby Levels
  • The Steppe of Bones
  • Kirkmoor
  • The Groaning Sands
  • Sallowdene
  • The Hurst
  • Ashintully Fen
  • The Wolds of Kess
  • Brenmoor Levels
  • The Sour Marsh
  • Tolworth Vale
  • The Great Wander
  • Haddon Fell
  • The Ashen Reeds
  • Marram Coast
  • The Wend
  • Cotterell Down
  • The Grasslands of Pell
  • Wardlow Fen
  • The Wasting Marsh
  • Farrowdale
  • The Blue Steppe
  • Ledbury Wold
  • The Wide Marsh
  • Ossenmoor
  • The Fields of Ilse
  • Kettering Vale
  • The Hollow Sea
  • Merridew Fen
  • The Broken Wold of Tarr
  • Wenlock Down
  • The Sunken Kingdom
  • Colne Fallow
  • The Silt Country
  • Ripon Marsh
  • The Wold of Nine Stones
  • Askew Reach
  • The Long Country
  • Bardswell Fen
  • The Weepers
  • Culverdown
  • The Salt Sisters
  • Danby Wold
  • The Grey Country

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