Editing Sevier County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Sunset At Clingmans Dome.JPG|right|285px|thumb|Mountains over Sevier County at sunset from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|598|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|593|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.2|sqmi}} (0.9%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 14, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The southern part of Sevier County is located within the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] and is protected by the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]]. The northern parts of the county are located within the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians]]. Sevier contains the highest point in Tennessee, [[Kuwohi]], which rises to {{convert|6643|ft|m}} along the county's border with North Carolina. [[Mount Guyot (Great Smoky Mountains)|Mount Guyot]], located in the Eastern Smokies in the extreme eastern part of the county, is the state's second-highest mountain at {{convert|6621|ft|m}}. The {{convert|6593|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)|Mount Le Conte]], a very prominent mountain visible from much of the central part of the county, is the state's third-highest.

Sevier County is drained primarily by the [[French Broad River]], which passes through the northern part of the county. A portion of the French Broad is part of [[Douglas Lake]], an artificial reservoir created by [[Douglas Dam]] in the northeastern part of the county. The three forks of the [[Little Pigeon River (Tennessee)|Little Pigeon River]] (East, Middle, and West) flow northward from the Smokies, converge near Sevierville, and empty into the French Broad north of Sevierville. The West Fork is the best known, as it flows through the popular tourist areas of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.

The maximum elevation differential in Sevier County is the greatest in Tennessee, ranging from a high of {{convert|6643|ft|m}} at Kuwohi to a low of {{convert|850|ft|m}} at the French Broad River.<ref>Tom Dunigan, "[http://tnlandforms.us/cohp/ Tennessee County High Points]," Tennessee Landforms, November 2, 2012. Retrieved: March 29, 2013.</ref>

[[File:Bluff Mountain TN sunset.jpg|thumb|right|285px|Sunset over Bluff Mountain]]

[[File:Ober trails.jpg|thumb|right|285px|Snowy Ober Trails in Gatlinburg]]

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Jefferson County, Tennessee]] - north
*[[Cocke County, Tennessee]] - east
*[[Haywood County, North Carolina]] - southeast
*[[Swain County, North Carolina]] - south
*[[Blount County, Tennessee]] - west
*[[Knox County, Tennessee]] - northwest

===National protected areas===
* [[Appalachian Trail]] (part)
* [[Foothills Parkway]] (part)
* [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] (part)

===State protected area===
* Roundtop Mountain State Natural Area