Orleans Vermont Map

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.

About This Orleans Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Orleans, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.80877, -72.199501. 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 Orleans includes the ZIP code (05860), telephone area code (802), county seat of Orleans County (Newport), and school district assignment (Lake Region Union Elementary Middle 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.