Lincoln Vermont Map

About Lincoln, Vermont

Lincoln is a locality in Addison County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 266. The population density is 43.5 people per km². Lincoln is located at 44.1059°N, 72.9971°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05443.

Lincoln emerges as a concentrated pocket of high-altitude stillness where the New Haven River carves a restless, crystalline path through the rugged terrain. It lies 26.4 miles south-southeast of South Burlington, VT (from South Burlington, VT: bearing 161°T), and is situated 10.5 miles northeast of Middlebury. The landscape surrounding Lincoln is defined by an uncompromising verticality, where the earth pushes upward toward the distant, hazy blue line of the Green Mountains. Sunlight here has a peculiar, thin clarity, often catching the mist that clings to the dense canopy of the Lincoln Municipal Forest before the day fully warms. Two miles from the village center, the quiet surface of North Pond mirrors the shifting grays and greens of the sky, while the nearby expanse of the Green Mountain National Forest offers a vast, untamed buffer against the encroaching pace of the modern world.

History in Lincoln is written in the stubborn endurance of stone foundations and the seasonal labor of the land, where the economy has long favored the patient cycles of timber and maple-sugaring. The rhythm of life follows the incline of the landscape, as inhabitants navigate the steep, winding access to the Battell Trail to reach the higher ridges that overlook the broader Bristol Flats. This is a place where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of hemlock and damp earth, suggesting a deep-rooted independence that has survived the transition from early settlement to a quiet, modern existence. Despite the isolation inherent in such high terrain, Lincoln remains a place of deliberate movement, where the simple labor of maintaining a homestead remains the primary occupation of the day.

About This Lincoln Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lincoln, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.105893, -72.997061. 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 Lincoln includes the ZIP code (05443), telephone area code (802), county seat of Addison County (Middlebury), and school district assignment (Lincoln Town 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.