Explore Norwich, 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 Norwich, 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 Norwich.
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 | Norwich |
| State | Vermont (VT) |
| County | Windsor County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.715348 |
| Longitude | -72.307869 |
| Population | 905 |
| Density | 240.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 05055 |
| Area Code | 802 |
| County Seat | Woodstock |
| School District | Norwich School District |
Norwich occupies a modest, dignified basin where the land rises in patient, forested swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Green Mountains. It lies 34.0 miles east-northeast of Rutland, VT (from Rutland, VT: bearing 77°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-northwest of Lebanon. Bloody Brook carves a persistent, narrow vein through the terrain, its waters charting a quiet path that defines the local topography before flowing toward the broader drainage of the region. Residents often traverse the Montshire Nature Trails to engage with the immediate landscape, moving from the low-lying dampness of the brook’s edge toward the higher, timbered ridges. During the deep stillness of winter, the ice on Occom Pond turns a brittle, opaque white, reflecting a sky that feels particularly vast and unobstructed. The Upper Valley Land Trust, Norwich Gateway serves as a vital point of transit for those seeking the stillness of the woods, acting as a threshold between the organized grid of the settlement and the unmanaged sprawl of the Norwich Town Forest.
Norwich maintains an economy rooted in a blend of academic pursuit and the enduring, practical stewardship of the land. Historically, the patterns of settlement here favored the cultivation of the soil and the methodical harvest of timber, a tradition that persists in the deliberate, seasonal rhythms of the current inhabitants. The architectural character of Norwich remains defined by a restrained, mid-century aesthetic that honors the older, wood-framed structures of its founding. Life here moves with a focused, deliberate cadence, influenced by the presence of nearby scholarly institutions and a commitment to maintaining the integrity of the Great Hollow, which lies further afield as a reminder of the area’s glacial, uneven origins. Despite its proximity to centers of professional activity, Norwich retains a solitary, introspective quality, where the primary concerns remain the health of the local watersheds and the preservation of the open, unyielding fields that characterize this inland geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norwich, Vermont. Coordinates: 43.715348, -72.307869. 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 Norwich includes the ZIP code (05055), telephone area code (802), county seat of Windsor County (Woodstock), and school district assignment (Norwich School District).
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. |