Franklin County, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Vermont, shaded from 97 ft on the northwest side to 3,770 ft on Big Jay
Elevation
3,770 ft 1,150 m2,850 ft 870 m2,390 ft 730 m1,480 ft 450 m560 ft 170 m97 ft 30 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

Franklin County averages about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 97 ft on the northwest side to 3,770 ft on Big Jay.

Average elevation
690 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,770 ft 1,150 m
on Big Jay
Lowest
97 ft 30 m
on the northwest side

Franklin County spans about 3,673 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 land690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Big Jay (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,770 ft1,150 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
97 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through St. Albans.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Vermont, shaded from 97 ft on the northwest side to 3,770 ft on Big Jay
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Vermont, United States
Population
51,066 2024 est.
Land area
631.0 sq mi + 58.2 sq mi water
Density
81 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
St. Lawrence Valley 69%, New England 28%
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Orleans County1,340 ft
  2. Lamoille County1,300 ft
  3. Chittenden County760 ft
  4. Franklin County690 ft
  5. Grand Isle County140 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Big Jay3,770 ft
  • Burnt Mountain, Franklin County2,620 ft
  • Fletcher Mountain2,150 ft
  • Kings Hill Mountain1,980 ft
  • Gilson Mountain1,951 ft
All 19 towns in Franklin County by typical elevation
  1. Montgomery1,070 ft
  2. Fletcher840 ft
  3. Bakersfield750 ft
  4. Fairfield670 ft
  5. Berkshire640 ft
  6. Fairfax540 ft
  7. Franklin530 ft
  8. Richford490 ft
  9. Enosburgh460 ft
  10. St. Albans430 ft
  11. Sheldon430 ft
  12. Enosburg Falls420 ft
  13. City of St. Albans410 ft
  14. Georgia370 ft
  15. Highgate Center310 ft
  16. Highgate280 ft
  17. Swanton150 ft
  18. Village of Swanton150 ft
  19. Highgate Springs130 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, −3 ft at 44.9107° N, 73.1171° 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.