go fly with a friend ( or pay to have your instructor do it ) and LOOK...do'nt fly.admire and look for landmarks you recognise.remember of course that these will change with height so the hills you recognise one day may not be so obvious the next day if you are higher.
why dont you go google earth..you can sit in one place and look at ground features for as long as you like...sometimes distorts elevation features but you can lower yourself and still see anything that is relatively high..
type in GOOGLE EARTH to your search facility, download and off you go...
remember you will need to be on broadband...
strikes me however if you have been training in the locality you should get to know the ground features...but maybe you have not done too many lessons yet ..and i assume this from your post so do'nt worry it will come with time...anything outside or your area is only of passing interest so to speak....
concentrate on the horizon for the moment (...pitch/attitude..!!)
