Benson, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benson, Vermont, shaded from 93 ft on the west side to 1,050 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m810 ft 250 m690 ft 210 m450 ft 140 m210 ft 65 m93 ft 28 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

Benson sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 270–620 ft
Lowest
93 ft 28 m
on the west side
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the east side
Average
420 ft 130 m
all land inside town boundaries

Benson spans about 957 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
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
93 ft28 m
Town center
USGS map point for Benson
390 ft120 m
Average of all land420 ft130 m
Nearest peak
Black Mountain, 7.8 mi southwest of the town boundaries
2,650 ft805 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benson, Vermont, shaded from 93 ft on the west side to 1,050 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Population
965 2024 est.
Land area
43.9 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
22 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7070° N, 73.3112° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
ZIP codes 2
05731 05743
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hague, NY970 ft
  2. Hubbardton680 ft
  3. Sudbury530 ft
  4. Castleton450 ft
  5. Putnam, NY440 ft
  6. Castleton Four Corners440 ft
  7. Orwell390 ft
  8. Benson380 ft
  9. West Haven380 ft
  10. Fair Haven380 ft
  11. Dresden, NY350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cape Lookoff Mountain3,340 ft
  • Herrick Mountain2,710 ft
  • Black Mountain2,650 ft
  • Fivemile Mountain2,240 ft
  • Vanderburg Mountain1,920 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.