Bennington County, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bennington County, Vermont, shaded from 480 ft on the southwest side to 3,830 ft on Equinox Mountain
Elevation
3,830 ft 1,170 m3,000 ft 915 m2,580 ft 785 m1,740 ft 530 m900 ft 275 m480 ft 145 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bennington County averages about 1,720 ft (525 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 480 ft on the southwest side to 3,830 ft on Equinox Mountain.

Average elevation
1,720 ft 525 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,830 ft 1,170 m
on Equinox Mountain
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the southwest side

Bennington County spans about 3,350 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,720 ft525 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Equinox Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,830 ft1,170 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Bennington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bennington County, Vermont, shaded from 480 ft on the southwest side to 3,830 ft on Equinox Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Vermont, United States
Population
37,039 2024 est.
Land area
674.2 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
55 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 63%, Long Island Sound 25%, Canada 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Bennington County1,720 ft
  2. Berkshire County, MA1,410 ft
  3. Windham County1,370 ft
  4. Windsor County1,290 ft
  5. Rutland County1,260 ft
  6. Franklin County, MA880 ft
  7. Rensselaer County, NY830 ft
  8. Washington County, NY600 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Equinox Mountain3,830 ft
  • Glastenbury Mountain3,750 ft
  • Peru Peak3,420 ft
  • Grass Mountain3,100 ft
  • Mount Anthony2,340 ft
All 25 towns in Bennington County by typical elevation
  1. Searsburg2,150 ft
  2. Woodford2,140 ft
  3. Stratton Mountain partly2,060 ft
  4. Readsboro1,850 ft
  5. Peru1,760 ft
  6. Landgrove1,640 ft
  7. Winhall1,640 ft
  8. Stamford1,520 ft
  9. Sandgate1,410 ft
  10. Rupert1,090 ft
  11. Dorset1,070 ft
  12. Pownal990 ft
  13. East Dorset990 ft
  14. Pownal Center980 ft
  15. Shaftsbury930 ft
  16. Sunderland870 ft
  17. Manchester810 ft
  18. Village of Manchester810 ft
  19. Manchester Center800 ft
  20. Arlington800 ft
  21. Old Bennington790 ft
  22. South Shaftsbury750 ft
  23. Bennington740 ft
  24. North Bennington610 ft
  25. North Pownal600 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.