Burlington, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burlington, Vermont, shaded from 97 ft on the northwest side to 440 ft near the middle
Elevation
440 ft 135 m350 ft 110 m310 ft 95 m230 ft 70 m140 ft 45 m97 ft 30 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Burlington sits at about 220 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
220 ft 65 m
most residents: 140–390 ft
Lowest
97 ft 30 m
on the northwest side
Highest
440 ft 135 m
near the middle
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside city limits

Burlington spans about 343 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
220 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
440 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
97 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Burlington
200 ft60 m
Airport (BTV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi east of the city limits
335 ft102 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burlington, Vermont, shaded from 97 ft on the northwest side to 440 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States
Population
44,432 2024 est.
Land area
10.3 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
4,313 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.4759° N, 73.2121° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
St. Lawrence Valley
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
Airport
Patrick Leahy Burlington International (BTV) 335 ft
ZIP codes 3
05401 05405 05408
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. St. George520 ft
  2. Essex480 ft
  3. Williston440 ft
  4. East Charlotte420 ft
  5. Essex Junction340 ft
  6. South Burlington310 ft
  7. Winooski230 ft
  8. Burlington220 ft
  9. Shelburne220 ft
  10. Colchester190 ft
  11. Willsboro Point, NY150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Mansfield4,395 ft
  • Camels Hump4,079 ft
  • Bolton Mountain3,710 ft
  • Old Rang Mountain2,280 ft
  • Gilson Mountain1,951 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.