Editing Fairfield County, Connecticut (section)

===Land===
[[Image:Lakepan2.jpg|thumb|500px|[[Candlewood Lake]] in the northern part of the county in the Appalachian Mountains, near the Taconics and Berkshires]]
[[File:DarienCTGorhamBridge09012007.jpg|thumb|Rings End Bridge, in [[Darien, Connecticut|Darien]]]]
[[Image:Huntington-Park.jpg|right|thumb|Huntington State Park]]
[[File:Top of Webb Mountain.jpg | thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= Top of webb mountain |
View from the top of Webb Mountain in [[Monroe, Connecticut|Monroe]]]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|837|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|625|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|212|sqmi}} (25.3%) 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>

The terrain of the county trends from flat near the coast to hilly and higher near its northern extremity. The highest elevation is {{convert|1,290|ft|m}} above sea level along the [[New York (state)|New York]] state line south of Branch Hill in the Town of Sherman; the lowest point is sea level itself.

The [[Taconic Mountains]] and the [[The Berkshires|Berkshire Mountains]] ranges of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] run through Fairfield County. The Taconics begin roughly in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut|Ridgefield]] and the Berkshires begin roughly in [[Trumbull, Connecticut|Northern Trumbull]], both running north to [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield County]] and beyond. A portion of the Taconics also is in rural [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]] and rural [[Stamford, Connecticut|North Stamford]] in Fairfield County and run north into [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], eventually re-entering Fairfield County in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut|Ridgefield]]. A small portion of the [[Appalachian Trail]] runs through Fairfield County; the trail enters Connecticut in the northernmost and least populous town in the county, [[Sherman, Connecticut|Sherman]], and moves east into [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield County]], which encompasses the majority of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut.

The section of the [[Taconic Mountains]] range that runs through Greenwich and North Stamford of Fairfield County is also the part of the Appalachians that is closest to the coast out of the entire [[Appalachian Mountains]].