Editing Lane County, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Lane County.svg|alt=Map of Lane County|thumb|Map of Lane County]]
[[Image:Heceta Head angled.jpg|thumb|[[Heceta Head]] on the coastline of Lane County]]
[[File:Eugene Springfield aerial 02.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|4722|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4553|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|169|sqmi}} (3.6%) 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_41.txt |access-date=February 26, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Lane County is one of two Oregon counties that extend from the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the [[Cascade Range|Cascades]] (the other is [[Douglas County, Oregon|Douglas County]].)<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Lane County |url=http://www.co.lane.or.us/About/default.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016104412/http://www.co.lane.or.us/About/default.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2008 |publisher=Official Lane County web site}}</ref> A portion of the [[Umpqua National Forest]] is in Lane County. Portions of the Willamette, McKenzie, and Siuslaw rivers run through the county.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lincoln County, Oregon|Lincoln County]] (northwest)
* [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton County]] (north)
* [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn County]] (northeast)
* [[Deschutes County, Oregon|Deschutes County]] (east)
* [[Klamath County, Oregon|Klamath County]] (southeast)
* [[Douglas County, Oregon|Douglas County]] (south)

===National protected areas===
*[[Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
*[[Siuslaw National Forest]] (part)
*[[Umpqua National Forest]] (part)
*[[Willamette National Forest]] (part)