Calais, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calais, Vermont, shaded from 700 ft on the south side to 2,160 ft on Hobart Mountain
Elevation
2,160 ft 655 m1,790 ft 545 m1,610 ft 490 m1,250 ft 380 m880 ft 270 m700 ft 215 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

Calais sits at about 1,170 ft (355 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,170 ft 355 m
most residents: 870–1,470 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the south side
Highest
2,160 ft 655 m
on Hobart Mountain
Average
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside town boundaries

Calais spans about 1,460 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
1,170 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Hobart Mountain
2,160 ft655 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
700 ft215 m
Average of all land1,180 ft360 m
Nearest peak
Mount Hunger, 5.8 mi west of the town boundaries
3,570 ft1,085 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.0 mi west to east through the middle of Calais.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calais, Vermont, shaded from 700 ft on the south side to 2,160 ft on Hobart Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Washington County, Vermont, United States
Population
1,668 2024 est.
Land area
37.9 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
44 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3653° N, 72.4633° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Winooski River → Richelieu River → Canada
ZIP codes 7
05640 05648 05650 05658 05666 05667 05682
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cabot1,480 ft
  2. Elmore1,410 ft
  3. Woodbury1,320 ft
  4. Calais1,170 ft
  5. Worcester1,140 ft
  6. Marshfield1,110 ft
  7. Plainfield1,110 ft
  8. Hardwick1,080 ft
  9. East Montpelier940 ft
  10. Village of Marshfield850 ft
  11. Montpelier650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bolton Mountain3,710 ft
  • Mount Hunger3,570 ft
  • Signal Mountain3,352 ft
  • Wheelock Mountain2,783 ft
  • Paine Mountain2,406 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.