Highgate, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highgate, Vermont, shaded from 97 ft on the west side to 860 ft on the east side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m670 ft 205 m570 ft 175 m380 ft 115 m190 ft 60 m97 ft 30 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

Highgate sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 130–330 ft
Lowest
97 ft 30 m
on the west side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the east side
Average
260 ft 80 m
all land inside town boundaries

Highgate spans about 763 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
97 ft30 m
Airport (FSO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
228 ft69 m
Average of all land260 ft80 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through the middle of Highgate.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highgate, Vermont, shaded from 97 ft on the west side to 860 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States
Population
3,562 2024 est.
Land area
51.0 sq mi + 9.0 sq mi water
Density
70 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9434° N, 73.0486° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
St. Lawrence Valley
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
Airport
Franklin County State (FSO) 228 ft
ZIP codes 5
05457 05459 05478 05483 05488
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fairfield670 ft
  2. Franklin530 ft
  3. St. Albans430 ft
  4. Sheldon430 ft
  5. Enosburg Falls420 ft
  6. City of St. Albans410 ft
  7. Highgate Center310 ft
  8. Highgate280 ft
  9. Swanton150 ft
  10. Village of Swanton150 ft
  11. Highgate Springs130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Jay Peak3,862 ft
  • Sterling Mountain3,700 ft
  • Belvidere Mountain3,352 ft
  • Laraway Mountain2,796 ft
  • Gilson Mountain1,951 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.