Charleston, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charleston, Vermont, shaded from 960 ft on the northwest side to 2,210 ft at the foot of the East Haven Range
Elevation
2,210 ft 670 m1,900 ft 580 m1,740 ft 530 m1,430 ft 435 m1,120 ft 340 m960 ft 295 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Charleston sits at about 1,370 ft (415 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,370 ft 415 m
most residents: 1,150–1,470 ft
Lowest
960 ft 295 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,210 ft 670 m
at the foot of the East Haven Range
Average
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside town boundaries

Charleston spans about 1,250 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
1,370 ft415 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, at the foot of the East Haven Range
2,210 ft670 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
960 ft295 m
Average of all land1,380 ft420 m
Nearest peak
Bald Mountain, 1.6 mi south of the town boundaries (NGS survey)
3,327 ft1,014 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.4 mi south to north through the middle of Charleston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charleston, Vermont, shaded from 960 ft on the northwest side to 2,210 ft at the foot of the East Haven Range
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States
Population
995 2024 est.
Land area
37.1 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
27 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8529° N, 72.0358° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Canada
ZIP codes 4
05833 05846 05860 05872
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Westmore1,830 ft
  2. Morgan1,620 ft
  3. Holland1,410 ft
  4. Charleston1,370 ft
  5. Brighton1,230 ft
  6. Island Pond1,230 ft
  7. Brownington1,180 ft
  8. Derby1,030 ft
  9. Derby Center1,010 ft
  10. Barton950 ft
  11. Orleans770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • East Mountain3,438 ft
  • Gore Mountain3,330 ft
  • Bald Mountain3,327 ft
  • Burke Mountain3,265 ft
  • Mount Hor2,640 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.