Athens, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Vermont, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 1,840 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,840 ft 560 m1,530 ft 465 m1,370 ft 415 m1,050 ft 320 m740 ft 225 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Athens sits at about 1,090 ft (330 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,090 ft 330 m
most residents: 700–1,360 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,840 ft 560 m
on the west side
Average
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside town boundaries

Athens spans about 1,260 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,090 ft330 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,840 ft560 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
580 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Athens
660 ft200 m
Average of all land1,200 ft365 m
Nearest peak
Glebe Mountain, 7.5 mi west of the town boundaries
2,960 ft900 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Vermont, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 1,840 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Windham County, Vermont, United States
Population
390 2024 est.
Land area
14.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.1337° N, 72.5679° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 2
05143 05146
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Athens1,090 ft
  2. Grafton990 ft
  3. Townshend970 ft
  4. Brookline690 ft
  5. Westminster670 ft
  6. Saxtons River490 ft
  7. Rockingham440 ft
  8. North Westminster420 ft
  9. Bellows Falls330 ft
  10. North Walpole, NH320 ft
  11. Village of Westminster310 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stratton Mountain3,940 ft
  • Mount Snow3,590 ft
  • Peru Peak3,420 ft
  • Ludlow Mountain3,340 ft
  • Glebe Mountain2,960 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.