Jamaica Vermont Map

About Jamaica, Vermont

Jamaica is a locality in Windham County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 87.9 people per km². Jamaica is located at 43.1004°N, 72.7784°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05343.

Jamaica reveals itself through the insistent, cold clarity of Ball Mountain Brook, which carves a path through the valley floor with a persistent, rhythmic urgency. It lies 36.6 miles south-southeast of Rutland, VT (from Rutland, VT: bearing 164°T), and is situated 17.0 miles west of Bellows Falls. The earth here is defined by a dense, arboreal weight, where the shadows of the Winhall Town Forest stretch across the landscape like long, dark fingers reaching toward the lower meadows. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Taconic Range anchors the horizon, providing a permanent backdrop to the shifting seasonal light that turns the hardwoods from a vibrant, sun-drenched green to a brittle, muted bronze. Visitors seeking a vantage point often ascend the Overlook Trail, where the air thins and the stillness of the high ground emphasizes the vast, interlocking geometry of the woods below.

Jamaica maintains a quiet continuity, its identity tethered to the rugged terrain that has long dictated the flow of local commerce and the slow, deliberate pace of its inhabitants. Jamaica State Park serves as the primary steward of the immediate landscape, preserving the quietude of the riverbanks where the echoes of early timber mills have long since faded into the hum of the modern world. While the agricultural traditions of the past remain visible in the weathered barns dotting the peripheral clearings, the local economy now leans toward the stewardship of the wilderness and the seasonal migrations of those drawn to the deep, silent interior of the state. Even in the height of summer, the cool moisture rising from the earth reminds one that the land is never truly dormant, but merely waiting for the cycles of frost and thaw to redefine its edges once more.

About This Jamaica Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jamaica, Vermont. Coordinates: 43.100356, -72.77843. 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 Jamaica includes the ZIP code (05343), telephone area code (802), county seat of Windham County (Newfane), and school district assignment (West River Valley Modified Union Education District 72B).

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.