Chittenden County, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chittenden County, Vermont, shaded from 88 ft on the northwest side to 4,395 ft on Mount Mansfield
Elevation
4,400 ft 1,340 m3,320 ft 1,010 m2,780 ft 845 m1,700 ft 520 m630 ft 190 m88 ft 27 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

Chittenden County averages about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 88 ft on the northwest side to 4,395 ft on Mount Mansfield.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,395 ft 1,340 m
on Mount Mansfield
Lowest
88 ft 27 m
on the northwest side

Chittenden County spans about 4,312 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 land760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Mansfield (NGS survey height)
4,395 ft1,340 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
88 ft27 m

Elevation profile, west to east

23 mi west to east through Burlington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chittenden County, Vermont, shaded from 88 ft on the northwest side to 4,395 ft on Mount Mansfield
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Vermont, United States
Population
170,851 2024 est.
Land area
536.9 sq mi + 83.8 sq mi water
Density
318 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
St. Lawrence Valley 69%, New England 31%
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Essex County, NY1,640 ft
  2. Washington County1,360 ft
  3. Lamoille County1,300 ft
  4. Clinton County, NY970 ft
  5. Addison County880 ft
  6. Chittenden County760 ft
  7. Franklin County690 ft
  8. Grand Isle County140 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Mansfield4,395 ft
  • Camels Hump4,079 ft
  • Bolton Mountain3,710 ft
  • Dewey Mountain3,350 ft
  • Mount Mayo3,130 ft
All 26 towns in Chittenden County by typical elevation
  1. Bolton Valley1,860 ft
  2. Bolton1,050 ft
  3. Underhill1,020 ft
  4. Huntington900 ft
  5. Hanksville880 ft
  6. Underhill Center800 ft
  7. Jericho Center730 ft
  8. Huntington Center710 ft
  9. Hinesburg710 ft
  10. Underhill Flats690 ft
  11. Westford680 ft
  12. Jericho670 ft
  13. Richmond650 ft
  14. St. George520 ft
  15. Essex480 ft
  16. Williston440 ft
  17. East Charlotte420 ft
  18. Essex Junction340 ft
  19. Milton330 ft
  20. Charlotte310 ft
  21. South Burlington310 ft
  22. Winooski230 ft
  23. West Charlotte220 ft
  24. Burlington220 ft
  25. Shelburne220 ft
  26. Colchester190 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 46 ft at 44.5112° N, 73.1937° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.