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Plainfield Vermont Map

Explore Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, Vermont

How to Use This Plainfield, Vermont Map

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

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

Latitude	44.278115
Longitude	-72.426493
Population	424
Density	348.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	05667
Area Code	802
County Seat	Montpelier
School District	Twinfield USD 33

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About Plainfield, Vermont

Plainfield is a locality in Washington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 424. The population density is 348.3 people per km². Plainfield is located at 44.2781°N, 72.4265°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05667.

Plainfield reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of the Winooski River as it carves a path through the quiet, forested landscape. It lies 36.8 miles east-southeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 113°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-northeast of Barre. The water moves with a translucent clarity, reflecting the austere silhouettes of hardwoods that define the local topography. To the west, the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains marks the horizon, reminding the observer of the vast, rugged elevation that guards this interior expanse. Within the immediate vicinity, the Plainfield Town Forest offers a dense, tangled sanctuary of pine and maple, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, particularly as the low autumn sun casts long, amber shadows across the uneven ground.

Plainfield emerged from a tradition of agrarian resilience, where the labor of the soil once dictated the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. While the modern economy has shifted away from the intensive small-scale farming that shaped the early settlement, the legacy of that era remains visible in the quietude of the village center and the surrounding meadows. Residents often look toward the nearby Plainfield Town Forest for recreation, finding a solitude that feels entirely distinct from the busier corridors further south. Though the winters are long and the frost lingers late into the spring, there is a persistent, quiet vitality here, characterized by the independence of those who choose to live where the rhythm is set not by the clock, but by the turning of the woods and the persistent, cold flow of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plainfield Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 272° W
Haybarn Theatre (Theatre) — 0.6 mi, 276° W
Pratt Conservation Easement (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 235° SW
Coburn Covered Bridge (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 278° W
Twinfield School Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 053° NE
L.R. Jones State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 140° SE
Burned Ranger's House (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 130° SE
Groton State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 090° E
1918 Spanish Flu Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 218° SW
Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 276° W
Kettle Pond State Park (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 079° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 223° SW
Vermont Granite Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 226° SW
Studio Place Arts (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 215° SW
Paramount Theatre 2 (Cinema) — 6.6 mi, 215° SW
Robert Burns Memorial Statue (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 213° SW
Barre Opera House (Theatre) — 6.8 mi, 214° SW
Kents Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 335° NW
T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 7.5 mi, 259° W
The Savoy Theater (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 260° W
Hubbard Tower (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 263° W
Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 261° W
Molly’s Falls Pond State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 048° NE
Groton Forest Legacy Initiative Molly's Falls Pond (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 048° NE
Rock of ages Quarry (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 201° S
Camels Hump State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 280° W
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.7 mi, 113° SE · 74k acres
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 23.5 mi, 233° SW · 412k acres
Breadloaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.6 mi, 232° SW · 25k acres
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 26.9 mi, 113° SE · 768k acres

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