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Chelsea Vermont Map

Explore Chelsea, Vermont, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Chelsea, Vermont

How to Use This Chelsea, Vermont Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chelsea, Vermont. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Vermont or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Chelsea.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Chelsea
State	Vermont (VT)
County	Orange County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.989788
Longitude	-72.447599
Population	342
Density	148.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	05038
Area Code	802
County Seat	Chelsea
School District	First Branch Unified School District

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About Chelsea, Vermont

Chelsea is a locality in Orange County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 342. The population density is 148.4 people per km². Chelsea is located at 43.9898°N, 72.4476°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05038.

Chelsea emerges from the landscape as a collection of white-timbered structures gathered near the steady, winding path of the First Branch White River. It lies 37.0 miles northeast of Rutland, VT (from Rutland, VT: bearing 45°T), and is situated 14.6 miles south of Barre. Beyond the village center, the terrain rises into rugged, wooded slopes that climb toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Green Mountains on the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, particularly as the light of late afternoon catches the sharp angles of the valley floor and illuminates the deep, dark verdure of the Chelsea Municipal Forest. To the south, the terrain dips into the shadowed, narrow gorge of Devils Den, where the earth feels older and more sequestered from the quiet pace of the roads above.

Chelsea maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons, rooted in a history of agrarian labor and the persistent, quiet commerce of a place that values its own independence. The local economy persists in the traditions of the land, where the shadow of the Chelsea Town Forest provides a backdrop for a life lived close to the cycles of timber and field. Residents often navigate the rural topography toward the stillness of Keyser Pond, a mirror for the sky that sits amidst the dense, enduring growth of the surrounding wilderness. Life unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned quality, observed in the way the morning mist clings to the riverbanks or the sound of tires crunching over gravel roads that lead away from the village toward the quiet interior of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Moxley Covered Bridge (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 199° S
Chelsea Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 157° SE
Washington Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 051° NE
Brookfield Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 266° W
Washington State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 038° NE
Ainsworth State Park (State Park) — 7.2 mi, 315° NW
Climate Change Yacht Club (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 292° W
Podunk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 138° SE
Big Frog (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 247° SW
Stephen Mack Farm Site (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 188° S
Asael Smith Farm (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 210° SW
Solomon & Daniel Mack Farm Site (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 181° S
Allis State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 292° W
Randolph Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 247° SW
Lafayette's Tour (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 202° S
The Royalton Raid (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 202° S
Day Breaks Glass Studio (Gallery) — 14.3 mi, 220° SW
Robert Burns Memorial Statue (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 350° N
Barre Opera House (Theatre) — 14.5 mi, 349° N
Norwich University Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 314° NW
Studio Place Arts (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 349° N
Paramount Theatre 2 (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 349° N
Vermont Granite Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 347° N
Community Theater (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 092° E
Burned Ranger's House (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 015° N
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 18.3 mi, 169° S · 110k acres
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 18.3 mi, 169° S · 412k acres
Breadloaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.5 mi, 282° W · 25k acres
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 21.6 mi, 155° SE · 768k acres
Joseph Battell Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.0 mi, 253° W · 12k acres

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