Editing Owsley County, Kentucky (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|198|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|197|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.9|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 19, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> [[Kentucky River|The South Fork of the Kentucky River]] passes through the county. Most of the precipitation that falls on the county ends up in this tributary of the Kentucky River. Some, however, on the northwest side of the county is in the Kentucky River watershed. Flood plains along the banks of the South of the Kentucky River and several streams provide the level land necessary for development/farming.

The county is located in the [[Eastern Mountain Coal Fields]] which is a part of the [[Appalachian Plateau]] (more precisely, the [[Cumberland Plateau]]). The elevation of the highest summit in the county is {{convert|1730|ft|abbr=on}} (+/- {{convert|10|ft|0|abbr=on}}).<ref name="peakbagger.com">{{cite web| url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=23313| title = Owsley County High Point - Peakbagger.com}}</ref> It is located on the county's extreme southern boundary with Clay County. The lowest elevation ({{convert|650|ft|abbr=on}} +/- {{convert|10|ft|0|abbr=on}}) is at the point where the South Fork crosses the Owsley/Lee border on the north side of the county.<ref name="peakbagger.com"/>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lee County, Kentucky|Lee County]]  (north)
* [[Breathitt County, Kentucky|Breathitt County]]  (east)
* [[Perry County, Kentucky|Perry County]]  (southeast)
* [[Clay County, Kentucky|Clay County]]  (south)
* [[Jackson County, Kentucky|Jackson County]]  (west)

===Major highways===
* [[Kentucky Route 30]]
* [[Kentucky Route 11]]
* [[Kentucky Route 28]]

===National protected area===
* [[Daniel Boone National Forest]], (the same national forest that encompasses the frequently-visited [[rock climbing]] and [[hiking]] destination known as the [[Red River Gorge]])