Bennington, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bennington, Vermont, shaded from 500 ft on the northwest side to 2,770 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
2,770 ft 845 m2,200 ft 670 m1,920 ft 585 m1,350 ft 410 m790 ft 240 m500 ft 155 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bennington sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 610–1,000 ft
Lowest
500 ft 155 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,770 ft 845 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,020 ft 310 m
all land inside town boundaries

Bennington spans about 2,270 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
740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
2,770 ft845 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
500 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bennington
680 ft205 m
Airport (DDH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
827 ft252 m
Average of all land1,020 ft310 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bennington, Vermont, shaded from 500 ft on the northwest side to 2,770 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Population
15,121 2024 est.
Land area
42.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
360 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8781° N, 73.1968° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
William H Morse State (DDH) 827 ft
ZIP codes 2
05201 05257
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Woodford2,140 ft
  2. Pownal990 ft
  3. Pownal Center980 ft
  4. Old Bennington790 ft
  5. South Shaftsbury750 ft
  6. Bennington740 ft
  7. North Bennington610 ft
  8. North Pownal600 ft
  9. Hoosick, NY530 ft
  10. White Creek, NY510 ft
  11. Hoosick Falls, NY470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Glastenbury Mountain3,750 ft
  • Mount Snow3,590 ft
  • Grass Mountain3,100 ft
  • Berlin Mountain2,800 ft
  • Mount Anthony2,340 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.