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Pownal Center Vermont Map

Explore Pownal Center, 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 Pownal Center, Vermont

How to Use This Pownal Center, Vermont Map

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

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

Latitude	42.796468
Longitude	-73.223163
Population	437
Density	108.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	05261
Area Code	802
County Seat	Bennington
School District	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District 87

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About Pownal Center, Vermont

Pownal Center is a locality in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 437. The population density is 108.4 people per km². Pownal Center is located at 42.7965°N, 73.2232°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05261.

Pownal Center occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, cold currents of Jewett Brook carve a path through the valley floor. It lies 8.8 miles northwest of North Adams, MA (from North Adams, MA: bearing 319°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-southwest of Bennington.

Sunlight here has a particular, heavy clarity, turning the fields toward the distant Taconic Range into a study of amber and deep shadow as the day wanes. To the north, the terrain softens into the damp, moss-thick sanctuary of Pownal Bog, while the nearby waters of Barber Pond hold the reflection of an indifferent sky. The air carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, a reminder that the land is shaped by the slow, seasonal labor of the forest and the persistent pull of the landscape.

Pownal Center maintains a rhythm governed by the legacy of its early settlers, who cleared the stubborn soil to build lives against the encroaching woodland. While the distant Taconic Crest Trail draws those who seek the high, exposed ridges, the local economy remains tethered to the quiet, unyielding work of the valley, far from the hurried ambitions of larger hubs. Life here is measured in the maintenance of fences and the seasonal preparation for the long, gray winters that settle over the Bennington Municipal Forest. Visitors who pass through Halifax Hollow might recognize a certain stillness in the architecture and the way the light catches the white paint of the older structures, signaling a place that does not seek to be noticed, but simply persists in its own deliberate, internal logic.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pownal Bog (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 073° E
Quarry Hill Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 273° W
South Stream Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 072° E
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 2.5 mi, 141° SE · 412k acres
Pownal Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 214° SW
Taconic Ridge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 250° W
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 167° S
NY/VT/MA Tri-State Granite Marker (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 211° SW
Lt. Herbert Allan Field Memorial (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 163° S
Farm Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 181° S
Taconic Trail State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 193° S
Taconic Trail State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 191° S
WTC Monument (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 013° N
Adams Memorial Theatre (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 172° S
Williamstown House of Local History (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 174° S
Vine & Branches Gallery (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 014° N
Tenney Home (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 202° S
Hopkins Observatory Planetarium (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 170° S
Mehlin Museum of Astronomy (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 169° S
Images Cinema (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 171° S
Jenny Holzer Benches (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 176° S
Glastenbury Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 025° NE · 22k acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 7.3 mi, 150° SE · 110k acres
Hoosac School Theatre + Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.5 mi, 304° NW
George D. Aiken Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.1 mi, 063° NE · 4,800 acres
Mount Greylock State Reservation (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 162° S
Gary Lichetenstein Editions (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 140° SE
MCLA Gallery 51 (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 140° SE
Louis Miller Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 317° NW
Hoosac Tunnel - Notch Mountain Alignment Tower (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 149° SE

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