Editing Gunnison County, Colorado (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|3260|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|3239|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|21|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest county by area in Colorado. The county seat is [[Gunnison, Colorado]] which is located in a wide valley at the confluence of [[Tomichi Creek]] and [[Gunnison River]]. The county rests in the Gunnison Basin formed by the [[Continental Divide]] to the east, [[Collegiate Peaks Wilderness]] rises in the northeast, [[Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness]] and the [[White River National Forest]] to the north, the [[West Elk Wilderness]] rises in the west of the county with Delta and Montrose Counties on its western slopes. The [[Uncompahgre Wilderness]] rises in the southwest of the county and the [[Powderhorn Wilderness]] east of there and Saquache County being south of Gunnison county eastward over to [[Marshall Pass]] southeast of the county.<ref>''Gunnison Basin Public Lands''. Colorado: Forest Service Series Map, 2008. United States Department of Agriculture.</ref>

[[Taylor Park Reservoir]] is a man-made lake created by the Taylor Dam constructed in 1934 with appropriations of 2,725,000 dollars.<ref>Sibley, George. ''Water Wranglers''. Colorado River District, Grand Junction, Colorado. 2012. P. 36.</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
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*[[Pitkin County, Colorado]] — north
*[[Chaffee County, Colorado]] — east
*[[Saguache County, Colorado]] — southeast
*[[Hinsdale County, Colorado]] — south
*[[Ouray County, Colorado]] — southwest
*[[Delta County, Colorado]] — west
*[[Montrose County, Colorado]] — west
*[[Mesa County, Colorado]] — northwest
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===Major highways===
* [[File:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 50 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 50]]
* [[File:Colorado 92.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 92|State Highway 92]]
* [[File:Colorado 114.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 114|State Highway 114]]
* [[File:Colorado 133.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 133|State Highway 133]]
* [[File:Colorado 135.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 135|State Highway 135]]
* [[File:Colorado 149.svg|20px]] [[Colorado State Highway 149|State Highway 149]]