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==Geography== [[File:Tillamook County.svg|alt=Map of Tillamook County|thumb|Map of Tillamook County]] [[File:Beach and cape at Oceanside in June 2013 - Oregon.JPG|thumb|Beach at Oceanside and Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1333|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1103|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|230|sqmi}} (17%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_41.txt |access-date=February 28, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> At {{convert|3,706|ft|m}} in elevation, [[Rogers Peak]] is the highest point in the county and the highest in the [[Northern Oregon Coast Range]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rogers Peak - Peakbagger.com |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1075 |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=www.peakbagger.com}}</ref> The county has been called "a natural cow pasture" by ''Sunset Magazine".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Sunset: The Pacific Monthly |title=Letting Down the Bars into Tillamook County, Oregon|author=Holt, Emmerson |publisher=Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Co. |editor=Field, Charles K. |year=1913 |volume=31 |page=572 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kSQLAAAAIAAJ&q=tillamook+cheese+pasture&pg=PA572 |access-date=2021-11-24}}</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Clatsop County, Oregon|Clatsop County]] (north) * [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington County]] (east) * [[Yamhill County, Oregon|Yamhill County]] (east) * [[Polk County, Oregon|Polk County]] (southeast) * [[Lincoln County, Oregon|Lincoln County]] (south) ===National protected areas=== *[[Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge]] *[[Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge]] *[[Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) *[[Siuslaw National Forest]] (part) *[[Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge]]
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