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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2243|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2241|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.9|sqmi}} (0.08%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Mesa County, Colorado|Mesa County]] - north * [[Delta County, Colorado|Delta County]] - northeast * [[Gunnison County, Colorado|Gunnison County]] - east * [[Ouray County, Colorado|Ouray County]] - southeast * [[San Miguel County, Colorado|San Miguel County]] - south * [[San Juan County, Utah|San Juan County]], [[Utah]] - west ===Major highways=== * [[File:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 50 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 50]] * [[File:US 550.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 550 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 550]] * [[File:Colorado 90.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 90|State Highway 90]] * [[File:Colorado 92.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 92|State Highway 92]] * [[File:Colorado 141.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 141|State Highway 141]] * [[File:Colorado 145.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 145|State Highway 145]] * [[File:Colorado 348.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 348|State Highway 348]] ===National protected areas=== *[[Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park]] *[[Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness]] *[[Curecanti National Recreation Area]] (part) *[[Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area]] (part) *[[Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area]] (part) *[[Gunnison Gorge Wilderness]] *[[Gunnison National Forest]] (part) *[[Manti-La Sal National Forest]] (part) *[[Old Spanish National Historic Trail]] *[[Uncompahgre National Forest]] (part) ===River=== *[[Dolores River]] (part) *[[Uncompahgre River]] (part) *[[San Miguel River (Colorado)|San Miguel River]] (part) * Gunnison River (part) ===Trails and byways=== *[[Great Parks Bicycle Route]] *[[Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway]] *[[West Elk Loop Scenic Byway]] *[[Western Express Bicycle Route]] ===Historical site=== *[[Hanging Flume]] *[[Uravan, Colorado]]
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