Editing Oceana County, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1306|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|512|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|794|sqmi}} (61%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The county is considered to be part of [[West Michigan]]. The county's western border is formed by [[Lake Michigan]].

===Adjacent counties===
'''By land'''
* [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason County]] – north
* [[Lake County, Michigan|Lake County]] – northeast
* [[Newaygo County, Michigan|Newaygo County]] – east
* [[Muskegon County, Michigan|Muskegon County]] – south
'''By water'''
* [[Ozaukee County, Wisconsin]] – southwest
* [[Sheboygan County, Wisconsin]] – west

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

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|US|31}} is a north–south freeway in the west of Oceana County. It passes [[Rothbury, Michigan|Rothbury]], [[New Era, Michigan|New Era]], [[Shelby, Oceana County, Michigan|Shelby]], [[Mears, Michigan|Mears]], [[Hart, Michigan|Hart]], and [[Pentwater, Michigan|Pentwater]].
* {{jct|state=MI|US-Bus|31}} is a business spur serving downtown Hart.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|20}} is an east–west route in the south of the county. The highway's western terminus is at US 31 near New Era, and it continues easterly toward [[Hesperia, Michigan|Hesperia]], where it crosses into Newaygo County.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|120}} is a north–south highway that runs due north from the county tri-point with [[Muskegon County, Michigan|Muskegon]] and [[Newaygo County, Michigan|Newaygo]] counties to an intersection with M-20 at Hesperia.

===County-designated highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|B-15}} is a north–south [[county-designated highway]] that parallels the shoreline of Lake Michigan. The route enters the county from the south, and passes through [[Stony Lake, Michigan|Stony Lake]] and the [[Golden Township, Michigan|Silver Lake]] area before ending at Pentwater.