Editing Cocke County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Ob-cocke2.jpg|right|thumb|230px|View from the slopes of Old Black]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|443|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|435|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|8.6|sqmi}} (1.9%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The southern part of the county is located within the [[Great Smoky Mountains]], and the lands are protected by the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]]. The northern part of the county is situated within the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians]].<ref>Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, et al., "[http://www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/files/networkplans/TNPlan2010.pdf Ambient Air Monitoring Plan]," Environmental Protection Agency website, July 1, 2010, p. 6. Accessed: March 18, 2015.</ref> The county's highest point is [[Old Black (Great Smoky Mountains)|Old Black]], which rises to {{convert|6370|ft|m}} in the Smokies along the county's border with North Carolina.<ref>[http://tnlandforms.us/cohp/ Tennessee County Highpoints], Tennessee Landforms. Retrieved: June 24, 2013.</ref>  English Mountain, a large ridge that peaks at {{convert|3629|ft|m}}, dominates the western part of the county.

Cocke County is drained by the [[French Broad River]], which traverses the northern part of the county and forms much of its boundary with [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson County]]. A portion of this river is part of [[Douglas Lake]], an artificial reservoir created by [[Douglas Dam]] further downstream. The [[Pigeon River (Tennessee – North Carolina)|Pigeon River]] flows northward across the county and empties into the French Broad north of Newport at Irish Bottoms.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen County]] (north)
*[[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County]] (northeast)
*[[Madison County, North Carolina]] (southeast)
*[[Haywood County, North Carolina]] (south)
*[[Sevier County, Tennessee|Sevier County]] (southwest)
*[[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson County]] (northwest)

===National protected areas===
* [[Appalachian Trail]] (part)
* [[Cherokee National Forest]] (part)
* [[Foothills Parkway]] (part)
* [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] (part)

===State protected areas===
*Rankin Wildlife Management Area (part)
*[[Martha Sundquist State Forest]]

===Major highways===
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*{{jct|state=TN|US|25W}}
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*[[File:Tennessee 73.svg|25px]] [[File:Secondary Tennessee 73.svg|20px]] [[Tennessee State Route 73|SR 73]]