Dorset Vermont Map

About Dorset, Vermont

Dorset is a locality in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 360. The population density is 66.8 people per km². Dorset is located at 43.2605°N, 73.1084°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05251.

Dorset reveals itself through the clear, shallow rush of Prentiss Brook, which carves a persistent path through the valley floor. It lies 25.4 miles south-southwest of Rutland, VT (from Rutland, VT: bearing 194°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-southeast of Porter. The landscape rises in earnest toward the horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouette of the Taconic Range defines the limit of the sky. Within the immediate vicinity, the Pinnacle Ridge Town Forest offers a dense, uncultivated expanse of hardwood and pine, a stark contrast to the manicured pastures that spill into the quiet depths of Dorset Hollow. As the sun dips behind the ridgeline, the light takes on a particular, thin clarity, illuminating the limestone veins that run beneath the soil and lend the earth a pale, ancient character.

Dorset maintains a quiet continuity with its past, grounded in an economy once defined by the extraction of marble and the patient labor of the land. This heritage persists in the weathered masonry of older structures and the enduring rhythm of local agriculture that persists despite the changing seasons. Residents move with a deliberate pace, acknowledging a history that is less a monument and more a presence felt in the cool, damp air of the morning. While the Ice Beds remain a reminder of a colder, more formidable geography far to the north, life here remains focused on the immediate, whether observing the stillness of Pickerel Pond or traversing the elevation changes of the Mad Tom Trail.

About This Dorset Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dorset, Vermont. Coordinates: 43.26046, -73.108367. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Dorset includes the ZIP code (05251), telephone area code (802), county seat of Bennington County (Bennington), and school district assignment (Taconic and Green Regional School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.