Waltham, VT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waltham, Vermont, shaded from 130 ft on the west side to 910 ft on Buck Mountain
Elevation
910 ft 275 m710 ft 220 m620 ft 190 m420 ft 130 m230 ft 70 m130 ft 40 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Waltham sits at about 400 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 125 m
most residents: 170–630 ft
Lowest
130 ft 40 m
on the west side
Highest
910 ft 275 m
on Buck Mountain
Average
340 ft 105 m
all land inside town boundaries

Waltham spans about 780 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
400 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Buck Mountain
910 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
130 ft40 m
Average of all land340 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the middle of Waltham.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waltham, Vermont, shaded from 130 ft on the west side to 910 ft on Buck Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Addison County, Vermont, United States
Population
451 2024 est.
Land area
9.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
49 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1463° N, 73.2361° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
St. Lawrence Valley
Drains to
Richelieu River → Canada
ZIP codes 1
05491
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bristol580 ft
  2. Monkton530 ft
  3. Waltham400 ft
  4. Middlebury400 ft
  5. Weybridge380 ft
  6. New Haven370 ft
  7. Westport, NY310 ft
  8. Ferrisburgh200 ft
  9. Vergennes180 ft
  10. Panton160 ft
  11. Addison150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Camels Hump4,079 ft
  • Mount Ellen4,080 ft
  • Bread Loaf Mountain3,810 ft
  • Hail Mountain2,670 ft
  • Hogback Mountains1,810 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.