Explore Johnson, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Johnson, 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 Johnson.
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 | Johnson |
| State | Vermont (VT) |
| County | Lamoille County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.635606 |
| Longitude | -72.680398 |
| Population | 1,332 |
| Density | 440.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 05656 |
| Area Code | 802 |
| County Seat | Hyde Park |
| School District | Lamoille North Modified USD 058B |
Johnson holds the Gihon River in a slow, winding embrace as the water cuts through the valley floor, carving a path between the steep, forested slopes that define the local topography. It lies 23.4 miles east-northeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 65°T), and is situated 6.5 miles northwest of Morrisville. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into dense woodland, where the Johnson Town Forest provides a quiet, uncultivated expanse of maple and birch that shifts from vibrant emerald to a brittle, rusted gold with the turning of the season. Light here often lingers in the hollows during the late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows against the hillsides that remain fixed in their permanence, far removed from the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains that mark the western horizon. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity, smelling of damp earth and the cooling currents that drift down from the high ground, cooling the meadows where the frost first claims the grass each autumn.
Industrial history in Johnson remains bound to the rhythm of the water, which once turned the wheels of mills that shaped the local economy and defined the early labor of those who settled the banks of the Gihon River. Education now serves as a primary pillar of the locality, with a public college fostering a steady influx of students who bring a transient energy to the streets, contrasting with the slower, deliberate pace of the families who have worked this soil for generations. The legacy of these industrious roots persists in the craft and character of the village, where the daily trade continues in a quiet, methodical fashion. Residents often look toward the nearby wilderness for recreation, traversing the rugged paths of the Johnson Town Forest or venturing toward the distant, cascading rush of Bingham Falls, finding in these wilder stretches a respite from the modern demands of commerce and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the mechanical age.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Johnson, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.635606, -72.680398. 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 Johnson includes the ZIP code (05656), telephone area code (802), county seat of Lamoille County (Hyde Park), and school district assignment (Lamoille North Modified USD 058B).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |