Editing Pierce County, Washington (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1806|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1670|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|137|sqmi}} (7.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_53.txt |access-date=July 7, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The highest natural point in Washington, [[Mount Rainier]], at {{convert|14,410|ft|m}}, is located in Pierce County. Rainier is locally called Tahoma or Takhoma, both native names for the mountain.

===Geographic features===
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* [[Anderson Island (Washington)|Anderson Island]]
* [[Carbon River]]
* [[Cascade Range]]
* [[Case Inlet]]
* [[Commencement Bay]]
* [[Fox Island, Washington|Fox Island]]
* [[Herron Island]]
* [[Ketron Island]]
* [[Key Peninsula]]
* [[Lake Tapps]]
* [[McNeil Island]]
* [[Mount Rainier]], highest point in both the county and Washington state.
* [[Nisqually River]]
* [[Puget Sound]]
* [[Puyallup River]]
* [[Raft Island]]
* [[Tacoma Narrows]]
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Pierce County also contains the [[Clearwater Wilderness]] area.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[King County, Washington|King County]] — north
* [[Yakima County, Washington|Yakima County]] — east
* [[Lewis County, Washington|Lewis County]] — south
* [[Thurston County, Washington|Thurston County]] — west/southwest
* [[Mason County, Washington|Mason County]] — west/northwest
* [[Kitsap County, Washington|Kitsap County]] — north/northwest

===National protected areas===
* [[Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest]] (part)
* [[Mount Rainier National Park]] (part)
* [[Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)