Editing Hot Springs County, Wyoming (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2006|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2004|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.3|sqmi}} (0.1%) is water, which gives it nearly twice the land area of [[Rhode Island]] and a slightly larger land area than [[Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_56.txt |access-date=August 5, 2015 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the smallest county in Wyoming by area and the largest county in the US that is a state's smallest county.

Hot Springs County includes the southern portion of Wyoming's [[Big Horn Basin]], and is surrounded by mountains. Most of the [[Wind River Canyon]], with the [[Owl Creek Mountains]] on the west and [[Bridger Mountains (Wyoming)|Bridger Mountains]] on the east is in Hot Springs County, while the [[Bighorn Mountains]] ring the east portion on the county and the [[Absaroka Range]] is to the west. A small portion of the [[Shoshone National Forest]] is in the western part of the county.

The [[Wind River Indian Reservation]] extends into southern Hot Springs County.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Washakie County, Wyoming|Washakie County]] – northeast
*[[Fremont County, Wyoming|Fremont County]] – south and southwest
*[[Park County, Wyoming|Park County]] – northwest and north

===National protected area===
*[[Shoshone National Forest]] (part)