Editing Onondaga County, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|806|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|778|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|27|sqmi}} (3.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> The geographic dimensions of the county are illustrated as approximately {{convert|35|mi}} in length and {{convert|30|mi}} in width, and comprising {{convert|25|mi}} of the New York State Barge Canal System, in combination with a number of lakes, streams and rivers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ongov.net/sheriff/|title=Onondaga County Sheriff's Office website, October 12, 2015|website=ongov.net|access-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105180424/http://www.ongov.net/Sheriff/|archive-date=November 5, 2016}}</ref> Onondaga County is in the central portion of New York State, west of [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Utica, New York|Utica]], east of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] and northeast of [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]]. [[Onondaga Lake]] is bordered by many of the larger communities in the county. The highest point in Onondaga County is at 2057 feet, along Morgan Hill located just east of Morgan Hill State Forest on private property. The second highest point in Onondaga County is at 2019 feet elevation and on the summit of Fellows Hill which is located in Morgan Hill State Forest near Fabius and Apulia south of state route 80.

The northern part of the county is fairly level lake plain, extending northward to [[Lake Ontario]]. [[Oneida Lake]] three rivers, as well as the Erie and subsequent Barge Canals are in the lake plain. The main line of the [[New York Central Railroad]] and the [[New York State Thruway]] extend east and west across the county through the lake plain. The southern part of the county is [[Appalachian Plateau]], with high hills rising at the southern edge of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]. This is the eastern part of the [[Finger Lakes]] region. [[Skaneateles Lake]] and [[Otisco Lake]] are both in Onondaga County. [[U.S. Route 20 in New York|US 20]] extends east and west across the county, traversing dramatic hill-and-valley terrain. Between the lake plain and Appalachian highlands is a zone noted for [[drumlins]], smaller, scattered hills formed as mounds of debris left by the last glacier. [[Tully (town), New York|Tully]] is geologically noted for the terminal moraine deposited there by the glacier, filling the deep Tully Valley, which might have been another Finger Lake had the moraine been left closer to Syracuse, impounding water. Tully is at the divide between two major watersheds, one flowing northward to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the [[St. Lawrence River]] and the other southward to the ocean via the [[Susquehanna River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ny.water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014166/wrir01-4166.pdf|title=Hydrogeology of the Tully Lakes Area in Southern Onondaga and Northern Cortland Counties, New York|last1=Kappel|first1=William|last2=Miller|first2=Todd|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|access-date=April 4, 2016|last3=Hetcher|first3=Kari|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221072029/http://ny.water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014166/wrir01-4166.pdf|archive-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref>  Oneida Lake, the Finger Lakes, and smaller bodies of water provide recreation. The Appalachian hills have several ski areas, waterfalls and historic villages as well as large parks and forest preserves.

===Lakes and reservoirs===
[[File:Jamesville-Reservoir-2014-Nov.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Jamesville Beach Park|Jamesville Reservoir]]]]
* [[Jamesville Reservoir]]
* [[Oneida Lake]]
* [[Onondaga Lake]]
* [[Otisco Lake]]
* [[Skaneateles Lake]]

===Adjacent counties===
[[Image:Lysanderneighborhood2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Lysander, a northwest suburb of [[Syracuse, New York]]]]
* [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego County]] – north
* [[Madison County, New York|Madison County]] – east
* [[Cortland County, New York|Cortland County]] – south
* [[Cayuga County, New York|Cayuga County]] – west

===Major highways===
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* [[Image:I-81.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstate 81]]
* [[Image:I-481 (long).svg|22px]] [[Interstate 481]] (Veterans Memorial Highway)
* [[Image:I-90.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 90 in New York|Interstate 90]] (New York State Thruway)
* [[Image:I-690 (long).svg|22px]] [[Interstate 690]]
* [[Image:US 11.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 11 in New York|U.S. Route 11]]
* [[Image:US 20.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 20 in New York|U.S. Route 20]]
* [[Image:NY-5.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 5]]
* [[Image:NY-31.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 31]]
* [[Image:NY-41.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 41]]
* [[Image:NY-92.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 92]]
* [[Image:NY-481.svg|22px]] [[New York State Route 481]] (Veterans Memorial Highway)
* [[Image:NY-690.svg|22px]] [[New York State Route 690]]
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