Editing Iosco County, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|1890|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|549|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1341|sqmi}} (71%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=September 25, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref> It is considered part of [[Northern Michigan]]. In total, it covers about 6,361,837 acres.

===Geographic features===
*Lumberman's Monument 
*Canoer's memorial
*60 Lakes Area - Located near Hale 
*Iargo Springs
*Tawas Point Light House - First lit in 1853
*Tawas Bay
*[[Pine River (Alcona County, Michigan)|Pine River]] – rises in Alcona County and flows into Iosco County, where it empties into Van Etten Lake at {{Coord|44|29|38|N|83|23|16|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS}} northwest of Oscoda.<ref>{{gnis|634987|Pine River (Iosco/Alcona Counties}}</ref>
*[[Au Sable River (Michigan)|Au Sable River]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150118024956/http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/wildlife/viewingguide/nlp/70Tuttle/index.htm Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area]
*[[Van Etten Lake]]
*Tawas Lake
*[[Foote Dam Pond]]
*[[Au Sable State Forest]] (partial) – the Grayling Fire Management Unit<ref>[https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd534427.pdf FMU definition]</ref> consists of Alcona, Crawford, and Oscoda Counties, and northern Iosco county.

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|US|23}} – known as the Sunrise Side Coastal Highway.
*{{jct|state=MI|M|55}} – one of three cross-peninsular state highways. It begins in Tawas City at the junction with US 23.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Picture of M-55 end point. |url=http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m55/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211220346/http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m55/ |archive-date=December 11, 2007 |website=state-ends.com}}</ref>
*{{jct|state=MI|M|65}}
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|F-41}}
*[[River Road National Scenic Byway]] – starts at M-65 and runs parallel with the Au Sable River for {{convert|23|mi|km}} eastward to US 23 in [[Oscoda, Michigan]]. It is a designated [[National Scenic Byway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=River Road Scenic Byway at America's Byways. |url=http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/10781/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203040636/http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/10781/ |archive-date=February 3, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2007}}</ref> It passes the [[Lumberman's Monument]].

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:Loud Dam Au Sable River.jpg|thumb|[[Loud Dam]] on the [[Au Sable River (Michigan)|Au Sable River]] in [[Au Sable Township, Iosco County, Michigan|Au Sable Township]]]]
'''By land'''
*[[Alcona County, Michigan|Alcona County]] - north
*[[Arenac County, Michigan|Arenac County]] - southwest
*[[Ogemaw County, Michigan|Ogemaw County]] - west
*[[Oscoda County, Michigan|Oscoda County]] - northwest
'''By water'''
*[[Huron County, Michigan|Huron County]] - southeast

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