Hanksville Vermont Map

About Hanksville, Vermont

Hanksville is a locality in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 62. The population density is 173.5 people per km². Hanksville is located at 44.2478°N, 72.9621°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05462.

Hanksville occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Huntington River carves a persistent, silver path through the deepening shadows of the terrain. It lies 18.3 miles south-southeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 156°T), and is situated 18.3 miles southeast of South Burlington. The air here holds a distinct, metallic chill, sharpened by the proximity of the Camels Hump State Forest, which looms over the landscape with a brooding, verdant density. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Green Mountains marks the horizon, while the ground closer to hand remains broken by the rugged, uneven topography of Chamberlain Glen. Those who traverse the Beane Trail find the earth beneath their boots composed of stubborn, glacial till and loam, a reminder that the land dictates the pace of progress far more than any human hand. The light at dusk settles heavy and amber against the tree lines, turning the gray bark of maples into something resembling weathered iron, while Baldwin Pond remains a silent, reflective eye hidden five miles away in the brush.

Hanksville emerged from the necessity of harnessing the land’s raw, unyielding resources, functioning for generations as a rugged intersection of small-scale timber harvesting and subsistence agriculture. The rhythm of daily life still mirrors the seasonal shifts of the forest, where the local economy finds its footing in the quiet labor of woodlots and the slow, deliberate work of seasonal maintenance. The Lewis Creek Wildlife Management Area serves as a vital anchor for the local character, preserving a quietude that persists even as the modern world encroaches from the periphery. There is little artifice in the way the local residents move through their tasks; the focus remains on the maintenance of fences and the clearing of paths, an existence defined by the practical reality of living in a landlocked expanse. Even when the autumn leaves drop to reveal the skeletal frame of the woods, the community maintains a stoic, inward-looking grace that values the endurance of the soil above all else.

About This Hanksville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hanksville, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.247834, -72.962064. 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 Hanksville includes the ZIP code (05462), telephone area code (802), county seat of Chittenden County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District 401).

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.