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East Dorset Vermont Map

Explore East Dorset, 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 East Dorset, Vermont

How to Use This East Dorset, Vermont Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Dorset, 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 East Dorset.

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	East Dorset
State	Vermont (VT)
County	Bennington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.239797
Longitude	-73.00927
Population	296
Density	51.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	05253
Area Code	802
County Seat	Bennington
School District	Taconic and Green Regional School District

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About East Dorset, Vermont

East Dorset is a locality in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 296. The population density is 51.4 people per km². East Dorset is located at 43.2398°N, 73.0093°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05253.

East Dorset holds the clear, cold currents of the Batten Kill in its immediate embrace, where the water braids through the valley floor with a persistent, low-frequency hum. It lies 25.7 miles south of Rutland, VT (from Rutland, VT: bearing 184°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-northeast of Manchester Center. The landscape surrounding East Dorset is defined by a dense, green verticality, with the nearby Green Mountain National Forest providing a vast, arboreal buffer that softens the edges of the horizon. High above the valley, the distant spine of the Taconic Range traces a jagged, slate-colored line against the sky, while the local terrain remains anchored by the deep, cool shadows cast by the dense canopy of the Owls Head Municipal Forest. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light here loses its sharpness, settling into a heavy, golden amber that clings to the bark of maples and turns the damp earth of the Mad Tom Trail into a dark, rich ribbon of loam.

History in East Dorset is written in the stubborn endurance of stone and the slow, seasonal labor of the land, once deeply tied to the marble quarries that opened the earth to reveal its white, crystalline heart. While the heavy industry of excavation has largely receded, the local economy retains a modest, steady pulse, favoring the intimate scale of small-scale agriculture and the quiet maintenance of a landscape that demands constant attention. Beyond the village, the path toward Dorset Hollow offers a glimpse into the region’s topography, a reminder of the glacial shifts that once defined this basin, though the ancient Ice Beds remain far to the north, leaving behind only the memory of a colder, more radical geography. Life moves with the deliberate pace of those who understand the cycle of sap and frost, finding a localized, enduring stability in the shadow of the peaks and the persistent, unvarying flow of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 0.7 mi, 101° E · 412k acres
Mount Aeolus Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 260° W
Emerald Lake State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 359° N
Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 035° NE · 36k acres
Big Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.3 mi, 036° NE · 6,625 acres
Dorest Memorial Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 278° W
Gilbert Lookout (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 276° W
New England Forestry Foundation (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 015° N
Peru Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.5 mi, 045° NE · 7,796 acres
Hapgood State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 101° E
Equinox Highlands Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 237° SW
Southern Vermont Art Center (Arts Centre) — 5.0 mi, 223° SW
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 208° SW
John Zaccheo Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 209° SW
Dorset Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 281° W
Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 011° N
The Revolutionary War (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 211° SW
Riley Center (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 213° SW
Mr. Barbo Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 226° SW
Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 095° E
Mount Equinox Skyline Drive (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 212° SW
Magic Mountain Ski Area (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 102° E
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.4 mi, 014° N · 110k acres
Ballard Farm (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 333° NW
Salem Art Works (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 254° W
Topping Tavern Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 205° SW
Shushan Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 239° SW
Shaftsbury Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 210° SW
Museums at Penope Farm (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 247° SW
Rainbow Rock Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 086° E

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