Editing Rockingham County, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|853|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|849|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|4.3|sqmi|km2}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the third-largest county in Virginia by land area. Large portions of the county fall within the Shenandoah National Park to the east and George Washington National Forest to the west, and therefore are subject to development restrictions. The county stretches west to east from the peaks of easternmost Allegheny Mountains to the peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains, encompassing the entire width of the Shenandoah Valley. Rockingham is bisected by another geographic formation, Massanutten Mountain, which stretches from just east of Harrisonburg, VA to a few miles southwest of Front Royal, VA in Warren County, VA.  [[Massanutten Mountain]] splits the central Shenandoah Valley, as the [[German River]] and the [[North Fork Shenandoah River]] flow on its western side and the [[South Fork Shenandoah River|South Fork]] flows on the eastern.

===Adjacent counties===

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* [[Pendleton County, West Virginia]] – west
* [[Hardy County, West Virginia]] – north
* [[Shenandoah County, Virginia]] – northeast
* [[Page County, Virginia]] – east
* [[Greene County, Virginia]] – southeast
* [[Albemarle County, Virginia]] – southeast
* [[Augusta County, Virginia]] – southwest
* [[Harrisonburg, Virginia]] – center ([[enclave]])
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===National protected areas===
* [[George Washington National Forest]] (part)
* [[Shenandoah National Park]] (part)