Editing Kent County, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Rockford Dam (82979021).jpeg|thumb|Rockford Dam in [[Rockford, Michigan]]]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|872|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|847|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|25|sqmi}} (2.9%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt |url-status = dead |archive-date = November 13, 2013 |publisher = United States Census Bureau |access-date = September 26, 2014 |date = August 22, 2012 |title = 2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref> Kent County's highest point is Fisk Knob Park,<ref name="Fisk_Knob">{{cite web |url = http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/747AFBFD-E778-4800-BB3CB1D437769AFE/links_resources_news/Kent_County_Parks.doc |title = Fisk Knob |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161105161220/http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/747AFBFD-E778-4800-BB3CB1D437769AFE/links_resources_news/Kent_County_Parks.doc |archive-date = November 5, 2016  |publisher = [[Grand Valley State University]] |work = Kent County Parks }}</ref> in [[Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan|Solon Township]], at 1048 feet.<ref name="Fisk_Knob_Elevation">{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43%C2%B016%2759.52%22N+85%C2%B036%2742.22%22W&ie=UTF8&ll=43.286422,-85.60873&spn=0.021462,0.054417&t=p&z=15 |title = Highest Point in Kent County }}</ref>

===Rivers===
*[[Grand River (Michigan)|Grand River]], flows through the county from its eastern border to the west, and after passing through Ottawa County, empties into [[Lake Michigan]] at [[Grand Haven]]. It has three [[tributaries]] in Kent County, listed in order of convergence:
*[[Flat River (Michigan)|Flat River]], enters the county from the east, and joins the Grand from the north, in [[Lowell, Michigan|Lowell]].
*[[Thornapple River]], enters the county from the south, and joins the Grand in [[Ada Township, Michigan|Ada]].
*[[Rogue River (Michigan)|Rogue River]], enters the county from the north, and joins the Grand in [[Belmont, Michigan|Belmont]].

===Trails===
These [[hiking]] and [[biking]] trails run through the county:
*[[North Country Trail]], runs north–south the length of the county, passing through [[Cedar Springs, Michigan|Cedar Springs]], [[Grattan Township, Michigan|Grattan]] and [[Lowell, Michigan|Lowell]]. Lowell is the trail's half-way point, and the national headquarters of the North Country Trail Association is located here.
*[[Thornapple Trail]], begins in [[Kentwood, Michigan|Kentwood]] and runs southeast through [[Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan|Dutton]] and [[Caledonia, Michigan|Caledonia]].
*[[White Pine Trail State Park|White Pine Trail]] begins in [[Comstock Park, Michigan|Comstock Park]] and runs northeast through [[Belmont, Michigan|Belmont]], [[Rockford, Michigan|Rockford]], [[Cedar Springs, Michigan|Cedar Springs]], and [[Sand Lake, Michigan|Sand Lake]].
*[[Kent Trails]] (which is singular in spite of the 's') runs north–south from [[John Ball Park]] in [[Grand Rapids]] to 84th Street in [[Byron Township, Michigan|Byron Township]], with an extension that runs east/west along 76th Street and north–south from 76th Street to [[Douglas Walker Park]] on 84th street.
*The [[Frederik Meijer Trail]], which, as of November 2008, was incomplete, runs east/west mostly along the [[M-6 (Michigan highway)|M-6]] freeway and will connect the [[Kent Trails]] and the [[Thornapple Trail]] when completed.
*Cannon Township Trail runs through Cannon Township in the eastern part of the county from Cannon Township Center on M-44. It runs along M-44 then south near Sunfish Lake Road, turning east through the Cannonsburg Cemetery, and ends at Warren Townsend Park near [[Cannonsburg, Michigan|Cannonsburg]].

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:13 Mile (85521817).jpeg|thumb|250px|13 [[Mile Road System (Michigan)|Mile Road]] in the rural [[Courtland Township, Michigan|Courtland Township]]]]

*[[Newaygo County, Michigan|Newaygo County]] - north
*[[Montcalm County, Michigan|Montcalm County]] - northeast
*[[Muskegon County, Michigan|Muskegon County]] - northwest
*[[Ionia County, Michigan|Ionia County]] - east
*[[Ottawa County, Michigan|Ottawa County]] - west
*[[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan County]] - southwest
*[[Barry County, Michigan|Barry County]] - southeast