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Orleans Vermont Map

Explore Orleans, 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 Orleans, Vermont

How to Use This Orleans, Vermont Map

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

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

Latitude	44.80877
Longitude	-72.199501
Population	788
Density	344.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	05860
Area Code	802
County Seat	Newport
School District	Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District

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About Orleans, Vermont

Orleans is a locality in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 788. The population density is 344.2 people per km². Orleans is located at 44.8088°N, 72.1995°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Orleans is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 05860.

Orleans occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Vermont landscape, where the terrain unfolds in a series of modest rises and shallow, fertile depressions. It lies 48.7 miles east-northeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 62°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Newport. Allen Brook meanders through the periphery of the landscape, its steady, rhythmic flow providing a cool dampness to the earth that encourages the growth of dense, riparian thickets. Beyond the immediate fields, the air holds a clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the distant Green Mountains, visible as a faint, jagged ink-line against the horizon at the end of the day. The light here often takes on a bruised, violet quality as the sun dips behind the treeline, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the meadows toward the quiet surface of Mud Pond, where the water reflects the sky like a sheet of dark, polished slate.

Orleans retains the deliberate, measured pace of a place shaped by generations of laboring in the soil and managing the timber of the nearby Newport City Municipal Forest. The economy remains anchored to the land, drawing sustenance from the heritage of dairy farming and the seasonal ritual of the sugar bush, where the steam rising from sugar houses becomes a familiar, sweet-scented fog in the early spring. Residents often find their way to the Willoughby Falls Wildlife Management Area, a space that serves as a quiet witness to the local commitment to conservation and the seasonal migrations of the natural world. Life in Orleans moves with the seasons rather than the clock, defined by the practical demands of a rural existence and the enduring, stoic character of those who choose to remain in this corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Willoughby Falls Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 000° N
South Bay Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 349° N
Pageant Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 156° SE
Crystal Lake State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 163° S
Lee Emerson Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 112° E
Derby Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 032° NE
Willoughby State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 135° SE
Glover Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 175° S
Sentinel Rock State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 099° E
Moose mountain overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 140° SE
Bread and Puppet Theater (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 174° S
Charleston Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 049° NE
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.8 mi, 001° N · 15k acres
Holland Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 036° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 220° SW
Craftsbury Historical Socity (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 220° SW
Le Vieux Forgeron (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 020° N
Circus Smirkus World Headquarters (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 208° SW
Granit Central (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 020° N
Millers Thumb Gallery (Gallery) — 16.8 mi, 196° S
Clips & Reels Movie Theater (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 299° NW
Highland Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 197° S
Bayley-Hazen Military Road Monument (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 195° S
Start-End Trail (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 316° NW
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 082° E · 74k acres
Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 145° SE
Long Trail Terminus (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 314° NW
Burned Down Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 258° W
Green Mountain Other (National Forest) — 29.0 mi, 126° SE · 1,696 acres
White Mountain Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 37.5 mi, 111° E · 37k acres

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