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==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q502257|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Guilford County}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|657.63|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|645.92|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|11.71|sqmi}} (1.8%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files β North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The county is drained, in part, by the [[Deep River (North Carolina)|Deep]] and [[Haw River|Haw]] rivers. ===National protected area=== * [[Guilford Courthouse National Military Park]] ===State and local protected areas/sites=== * Cascades Preserve (part) * [[Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum]] * Company Mill Preserve * [[Greensboro Arboretum]] * [[Haw River State Park]] (part) * Piedmont Environmental Center * Rich Fork Preserve (part) ===Major water bodies=== * Back Creek * Beaver Creek * [[Belews Lake]] * [[Big Alamance Creek]] * Buffalo Creek * Buffalo Lake * [[Deep River (North Carolina)|Deep River]] * [[Haw River]] * [[Hickory Creek (Deep River tributary)|Hickory Creek]] * Lake Brandt * Lake Hggins * Lake High Point * Lake Mackintosh * Lake Townsend * [[Little Alamance Creek]] * [[Mears Fork]] * [[Moores Creek (Reedy Fork tributary)|Moores Creek]] * North Buffalo Creek * Old Hollow Lake * Reddicks Creek * [[Reedy Fork (Haw River tributary)|Reedy Fork]] * Rock Creek * South Buffalo Creek * [[West Fork Deep River]] ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Rockingham County, North Carolina|Rockingham County]] β north * [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance County]] β east * [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County]] β south * [[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson County]] β southwest * [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] β west * [[Stokes County, North Carolina|Stokes County]] β northwest ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=NC|I|40}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|85}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|73}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|74}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|85}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I-Future|685}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|785|I-Future|785|nolink2=yes}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|840}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|29}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|70}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|158}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|220}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|421}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|22}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|61}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|62}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|65}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|68}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|100}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|150}} ===Major infrastructure=== * [[Amtrak Thruway#East|Amtrak Thruway]] (High Point Station) * [[High Point station|High Point Station]] * [[J. Douglas Galyon Depot]] (Greensboro Station) * [[Piedmont Triad International Airport]]
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