Dorset, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dorset, Vermont, shaded from 670 ft on the northeast side to 3,730 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
3,730 ft 1,135 m2,960 ft 905 m2,580 ft 785 m1,810 ft 555 m1,050 ft 320 m670 ft 205 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

Dorset sits at about 1,070 ft (325 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,070 ft 325 m
most residents: 860–2,630 ft
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,730 ft 1,135 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,580 ft 480 m
all land inside town boundaries

Dorset spans about 3,060 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
1,070 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
3,730 ft1,135 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
670 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dorset
960 ft295 m
Average of all land1,580 ft480 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dorset, Vermont, shaded from 670 ft on the northeast side to 3,730 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States
Population
2,140 2024 est.
Land area
47.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
45 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2548° N, 73.0987° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
ZIP codes 2
05251 05253
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sandgate1,410 ft
  2. Danby1,350 ft
  3. Rupert1,090 ft
  4. Dorset1,070 ft
  5. East Dorset990 ft
  6. Sunderland870 ft
  7. Manchester810 ft
  8. Village of Manchester810 ft
  9. Manchester Center800 ft
  10. Pawlet790 ft
  11. Mount Tabor700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Equinox Mountain3,830 ft
  • Dorset Mountain3,770 ft
  • Peru Peak3,420 ft
  • Woodlawn Mountain3,060 ft
  • Tinmouth Mountain2,820 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.