Editing Jackson County, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Jackson County.svg|alt=Map of Jackson County|thumb|Map of Jackson County]]
[[File:Valley of the Rogue Camping.jpg|thumb|240px|Campground in [[Valley of the Rogue State Park]] on the banks of the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]] adjacent to [[Interstate 5 in Oregon|Interstate 5]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gumprecht Bannan |first=Jan |title=Oregon State Parks |publisher= [[The Mountaineers Books]] |year= 2002 |page= 150 |isbn= 978-0-89886-794-7 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=boFO8l8R7BsC}}</ref>]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2802|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2784|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|18|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_41.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> A portion of the [[Umpqua National Forest]] is in Jackson County.

Located entirely within Jackson County is [[Bear Creek (Rogue River)|Bear Creek]] and its [[drainage basin|watershed]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rvcog.org/pdf/WR_BCWA_PART2_BCMAINSTEM.pdf |page=9 |title=Bear Creek Watershed Assessment - Phase 2 |publisher=Rogue Valley Council of Governments] |date=December 2001 |access-date=April 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713143813/http://www.rvcog.org/pdf/WR_BCWA_PART2_BCMAINSTEM.pdf |archive-date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> The population centers of [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]], [[Ashland, Oregon|Ashland]], [[Phoenix, Oregon|Phoenix]], [[Talent, Oregon|Talent]], and [[Central Point, Oregon|Central Point]] are located along the [[stream]]. It connects with the Rogue River near the [[Upper and Lower Table Rock]] lava formations.

===Summits===
* [[Barneburg Hill]]
* [[Fredenburg Butte]]
* [[Obenchain Mountain]]
* [[Ropers Bunion]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Douglas County, Oregon|Douglas County]] (north)
* [[Klamath County, Oregon|Klamath County]] (east)
* [[Siskiyou County, California]] (south)
* [[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine County]] (west)

===National protected areas===
* [[Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument]]
* [[Crater Lake National Park]] (part)
* [[Klamath National Forest]] (part)
* [[Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest]] (part)
* [[Umpqua National Forest]] (part)

===Other landforms===
* [[Schieffelin Gulch]]