Editing Napa County, California (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Rolling hills of the Napa valley.jpg|thumb|right|Rolling hills of Napa Valley]]
[[File:Fall in Napa Valley.jpg|right|thumb|Fall in Napa Valley]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|789|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|748|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|40|sqmi}} (5.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1"/>

Napa is warmer in the summer than [[Sonoma County]], to the west, or [[Santa Barbara County]], a wine-producing county in southern California. Thus, the Napa wineries favor varietals such as [[Cabernet Sauvignon]], while [[Pinot noir]] and [[Chardonnay]] are more the specialty of Sonoma and Santa Barbara wineries. At the north end of Napa County, in the [[Mayacamas Mountains]], lies Mount Saint Helena, the Bay Area's second tallest peak at {{convert|4,344|ft|m}} and home to [[Robert Louis Stevenson State Park]]; [[Snell Valley]] is also situated in northern Napa County; the [[Missimer Wildflower Preserve]] is within Snell Valley. On the west side of the Napa Valley is [[Mount Hood, Sonoma County|Hood Mountain]], elevation {{convert|2,750|ft|m}}.

Napa County is home to a variety of [[flora]] and [[fauna]] including numerous [[rare species|rare]] and [[endangered species]] such as [[Tiburon Indian paintbrush]] and [[Contra Costa goldfields]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lake County, California|Lake County]] - northwest
* [[Yolo County, California|Yolo County]] - northeast
* [[Solano County, California|Solano County]] - east
* [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]] - west

===National protected area===
* [[San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

===Rivers and creeks===
* [[Napa River]]
* [[Milliken Creek (California)|Milliken Creek]]
* [[Putah Creek]]

===Lakes, marshes and reservoirs===
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* East Napa Reservoir
* East Side Reservoir
* Fiege Reservoir
* [[Lake Berryessa]]
* [[Lake Hennessey]]
* Lake Marie
* Lake Orville
* Lake Whitehead
* Milliken Reservoir
* [[Napa Sonoma Marsh]]
* Rector Reservoir
* West Napa Reservoir
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