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Pownal Vermont Map

Explore Pownal, 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, Vermont

How to Use This Pownal, Vermont Map

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

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

Latitude	42.765635
Longitude	-73.235942
Population	548
Density	412.4 /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, Vermont

Pownal is a locality in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 548. The population density is 412.4 people per km². Pownal is located at 42.7656°N, 73.2359°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05261.

Pownal reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Ladd Brook, which carves a silver path through the low-slung earth of Frost Hollow. It lies 7.9 miles northwest of North Adams, MA (from North Adams, MA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-southwest of Bennington. The landscape here is defined by the deep, quiet basins and the rugged verticality of the land, where the shadows of the distant Taconic Range stretch long and violet across the fields as the sun dips behind the western ridges. Beyond the immediate reach of the valley, the dense timber of Hopkins Memorial Forest provides a dark, verdant backdrop to the Pownal Town Forest, a space where the air smells of damp loam and decaying hemlock needles. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, sharpening the edges of the barns and the fences until they seem like ink drawings against the fading sky.

History in Pownal remains tethered to the soil, reflecting a legacy of agrarian labor that long ago moved from the demanding work of clearing dense timber to the rhythmic cycles of small-scale agriculture. While the echoes of early mills have largely faded, the local economy continues to draw its character from the land, favoring the quiet endurance of those who work the earth over the frantic pace of rapid development. Residents often find their way toward the Taconic Crest Trail, a path that offers a vantage point over the stillness of the region, or they look toward the cool, sequestered waters of Thompsons Pond for a moment of reflection. Life in Pownal is measured by the changing temperament of the seasons, a place where the work of the day leaves a distinct, honest fatigue, and the arrival of winter is felt not as a hardship, but as a necessary closing of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pownal Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 243° SW
Quarry Hill Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 332° NW
NY/VT/MA Tri-State Granite Marker (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 227° SW
Mountain Meadow Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 141° SE
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 084° E · 412k acres
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 138° SE
Taconic Ridge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 251° W
Taconic Trail State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 192° S
Farm Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 169° S
Lt. Herbert Allan Field Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 140° SE
Taconic Trail State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 188° S
South Stream Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 044° NE
Tenney Home (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 204° SW
Williamstown House of Local History (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 161° S
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 160° S
Adams Memorial Theatre (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 158° S
Hopkins Observatory Planetarium (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 155° SE
Images Cinema (Cinema) — 4.1 mi, 157° SE
Mehlin Museum of Astronomy (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 155° SE
Jenny Holzer Benches (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 165° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 6.0 mi, 134° SE · 110k acres
Mount Greylock State Reservation (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 153° SE
Gary Lichetenstein Editions (Gallery) — 7.6 mi, 126° SE
MCLA Gallery 51 (Gallery) — 7.8 mi, 126° SE
Mohawk Theater (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 126° SE
Vine & Branches Gallery (Gallery) — 8.0 mi, 015° N
Hoosac Tunnel - Notch Mountain Alignment Tower (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 137° SE
Glastenbury Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.2 mi, 023° NE · 22k acres
George D. Aiken Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.8 mi, 053° NE · 4,800 acres
Grandfather Rock (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 257° W

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