Editing Kitsap County, Washington (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|566|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|395|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|171|sqmi}} (30%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_53.txt |access-date=July 7, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the fourth-smallest county in Washington by land area and third-smallest by total area.

In addition to occupying most of the [[Kitsap Peninsula]], Kitsap County includes both [[Bainbridge Island]] and [[Blake Island]]. According to Puget Sound Partnership, Kitsap county has over {{convert|250|mi|km}} of saltwater shoreline.

The portion of the county north of [[Silverdale, Washington|Silverdale]] is often referred to as [[North Kitsap]], and the portion south of Bremerton as [[South Kitsap]].

===Geographic features===
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*[[Bainbridge Island]]
*[[Blake Island]]
*[[Buck Lake (Kitsap County)|Buck Lake]]
*[[Colvos Passage]]
*[[Dyes Inlet]]
*[[Hood Canal]]
*[[Kitsap Peninsula]]
*[[Liberty Bay]]
*[[Port Gamble]]
*[[Port Madison]]
*[[Port Orchard]]
*[[Puget Sound]]
*[[Sinclair Inlet]]
*[[Blue Hills (Washington)|Blue Hills]]
*[[Seattle Fault Zone]]
*[[Kitsap Lake]]
*[[Ostrich Bay]]
*[[Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County)|Horseshoe Lake]]
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===Adjacent counties===
*[[Island County, Washington|Island County]] - northeast
*[[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish County]] - east
*[[King County, Washington|King County]] - east/southeast
*[[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]] - south/southeast
*[[Mason County, Washington|Mason County]] - southwest
*[[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson County]] - northwest
===Notable parks===
*[[Blake Island Marine State Park]], {{convert|1127|acre}}
*[[Bloedel Reserve]]
*[[Camp Yeomalt]]
*[[Eagledale Park]]
*[[Fay Bainbridge Park]]
*[[Fort Ward Park]]
*[[Illahee State Park]]
*[[Kitsap Memorial State Park]]
*[[Manchester State Park (Washington)|Manchester State Park]]
*[[Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park]], {{convert|3493|acre}}
*[[Pritchard Park]]
*[[Scenic Beach State Park]]