Editing Carbon County, Montana (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Bear's Tooth.jpg|thumb|Bear's Tooth]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2062|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2049|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|13|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_30.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205145322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_30.txt |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

[[Granite Peak (Montana)|Granite Peak]], the state's highest mountain, is found in Carbon County's [[Beartooth Mountains]]. The [[Beartooth Highway]], one of the "most spectacular alpine highways",<ref>{{Cite web |last=America's Byways |title=Beartooth Highway-Montana |url=http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2134/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018125456/http://byways.org/explore/byways/2134 |archive-date=October 18, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> links [[Red Lodge, Montana|Red Lodge]] to [[Cooke City, Montana|Cooke City]]. The [[Pryor Mountains]] are in the east of the county, along with the [[Big Horn River]].

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 212.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 212#Montana and Wyoming|U.S. Highway 212]]
* [[File:US 310.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 310#Montana|U.S. Highway 310]]
* [[File:MT-72.svg|20px]] [[Montana Highway 72]]
* [[File:MT-78.svg|20px]] [[Montana Highway 78]]
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Park County, Montana|Park County]] - west
* [[Stillwater County, Montana|Stillwater County]] - north
* [[Yellowstone County, Montana|Yellowstone County]] - northeast
* [[Big Horn County, Montana|Big Horn County]] - east
* [[Big Horn County, Wyoming]] - southeast
* [[Park County, Wyoming]] - south
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===National protected areas===
* [[Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area]] (part)
* [[Custer National Forest]] (part)
* [[Gallatin National Forest]] (part)