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Old Bennington Vermont Map

Explore Old Bennington, 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.

Interactive Map of Old Bennington, Vermont

How to Use This Old Bennington, Vermont Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Old Bennington, 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 Old Bennington.

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	Old Bennington
State	Vermont (VT)
County	Bennington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.883412
Longitude	-73.213441
Population	156
Density	163.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	05201
Area Code	802
County Seat	Bennington
School District	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District 87 (PK-5)

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About Old Bennington, Vermont

Old Bennington is a locality in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 163.7 people per km². Old Bennington is located at 42.8834°N, 73.2134°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Old Bennington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 05201.

Old Bennington rises upon a quiet plateau where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath the weight of centuries. It lies 13.7 miles north-northwest of North Adams, MA (from North Adams, MA: bearing 337°T), and is situated 0.9 miles west-northwest of Bennington. The Walloomsac River threads its way through the lower landscape, carving a path through the soil that has sustained generations of settlers. To the west, the Taconic Range hums with a blue, atmospheric vibration against the horizon, anchoring the sky. Travelers often pause near Memorial Park to watch the light change, noting how the shadows lengthen across the meadow grasses as the sun dips. Beyond the immediate clearings, the dense expanse of the Bennington Municipal Forest offers a deep, green silence, while the path leading to the Bald Mountain Trail invites a slow, rhythmic ascent into the cooler, thinner air of the higher elevations.

History permeates the architecture of Old Bennington, where white clapboard structures stand with a gravity that defies the erosion of time. The local economy, once tethered to the industrious pulse of water-powered mills along the river, now reflects a quieter dedication to heritage preservation and the slow, seasonal labor of the surrounding agricultural lands. Near the edges of the settlement, the waters of Lake Paran mirror the shifting moods of the clouds, a small, still eye in the middle of the woods. Life here follows the cadence of the seasons, from the crisp, wood-smoke scent of autumn to the heavy, insulated quiet of winter, maintaining a character defined not by industry, but by a stubborn, enduring connection to the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Seth Warner Statue (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 345° N
Historic Marker: Bennington Battle Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 343° N
WTC Monument (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 119° SE
Vine & Branches Gallery (Gallery) — 1.0 mi, 113° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 097° E
Silk Covered Bridge (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 341° N
Whipstock Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 285° W
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 2.5 mi, 084° E · 412k acres
Glastenbury Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.5 mi, 083° E · 22k acres
Bennington Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 147° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 341° N
Bennington Village Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 128° SE
Bennington Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 6.0 mi, 309° NW
Taconic Ridge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 216° SW
Hoosac School Theatre + Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 255° W
Louis Miller Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 277° W
George D. Aiken Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 107° E · 4,800 acres
Shaftsbury Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 003° N
Woodford State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 089° E
Topping Tavern Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 019° N
Mt. Nebo Gallery (Gallery) — 9.3 mi, 299° NW
NY/VT/MA Tri-State Granite Marker (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 195° S
Farm Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 183° S
Taconic Trail State Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 190° S
Adams Memorial Theatre (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 178° S
Williamstown House of Local History (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 180° S
Tenney Home (Historic Ruins) — 11.9 mi, 193° S
Images Cinema (Cinema) — 11.9 mi, 178° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 12.7 mi, 166° S · 110k acres
Gary Lichetenstein Editions (Gallery) — 13.6 mi, 158° S

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