Editing Franklin County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:US-41A-Cumberland-Plateau-tn1.jpg|right|thumb|210px|[[U.S. Route 41A|US 41A]] approaching the [[Cumberland Plateau]] near Cowan]]
[[File:Lost Cove Cave Main Entrance From Below.jpg|right|210px|thumb|[[Lost Cove Cave]]]]
[[File:Tims-Ford-Lake-Winchester-sunset-tn1.jpg|right|210px|thumb|[[Tims Ford Lake]]]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|576|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|555|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|21|sqmi}} (3.7%) is 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 4, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Franklin is one of Tennessee's southern tier of counties and abuts the [[Alabama]] border. It has a varied geography, extending from the southeast corner of the [[Nashville Basin]] over the [[Highland Rim]] and up onto the [[Cumberland Plateau]], for a difference in elevation of about {{convert|1300|ft|m}}. The county is well watered and forested, and except for the steeper areas of the plateau is well suited for agriculture, having a long growing season and mild winters.

[[Sewanee Natural Bridge]] is a {{convert|25|ft|m}} high [[Natural arch|natural sandstone arch]] with a span of {{convert|50|ft|m}}.

[[Lost Cove Cave]], located near Sherwood, is in the Carter State Natural Area. One of its entrances is known as the Buggytop Cave Entrance and another entrance is known as the Peter Cave Entrance. The Buggytop Entrance is {{convert|100|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|80|ft|m}} high and opens at the base of an overhanging bluff {{convert|150|ft|m}} high. The cave stream cascades down from the mouth and drops {{convert|40|ft}} in less than {{convert|100|yd}}.<ref name="barr_1961_pp_195-197">{{cite book |last1= Barr |first1= Thomas C. |title= Caves of Tennessee |series= Bulletin 64 of the Tennessee Division of Geology |year= 1961 |pages= 195–197 }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Coffee County, Tennessee|Coffee County]] (north)
*[[Grundy County, Tennessee|Grundy County]] (northeast)
*[[Marion County, Tennessee|Marion County]] (east)
*[[Jackson County, Alabama]] (south)
*[[Madison County, Alabama]] (southwest)
*[[Lincoln County, Tennessee|Lincoln County]] (west)
*[[Moore County, Tennessee|Moore County]] (northwest)

===State protected areas===
*Bear Hollow Wildlife Management Area
*Carter State Natural Area
*[[Franklin State Forest]] (part)
*Hawkins Cove State Natural Area
*Mingo Swamp Wildlife Management Area
*Natural Bridge State Natural Area
*Owl Hollow Mill Wildlife Management Area
*[[South Cumberland State Park]] (part)
*[[Tims Ford State Park]]
*Walls of Jericho State Natural Area

===Other protected areas===
* [[Tims Ford Lake]]
* [[Woods Reservoir]]