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South Hero Vermont Map

Explore South Hero, 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 South Hero, Vermont

How to Use This South Hero, Vermont Map

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

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	South Hero
State	Vermont (VT)
County	Grand Isle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.645323
Longitude	-73.302353
Population	225
Density	80.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	05486
Area Code	802
County Seat	North Hero
School District	South Hero School District

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About South Hero, Vermont

South Hero is a locality in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 225. The population density is 80.6 people per km². South Hero is located at 44.6453°N, 73.3024°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05486.

South Hero occupies a limestone spine of land caught in the expansive, glass-still basin of Lake Champlain. It lies 12.5 miles north-northwest of Burlington, VT (from Burlington, VT: bearing 339°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-southeast of Plattsburgh. The landscape is defined by the heavy, glacial-scoured earth that rises slightly above the surrounding water, its fields stitched together by low stone walls and the long, slanted shadows of late afternoon. To the east, the silhouette of the Green Mountains marks the distant horizon, a serrated edge against the pale sky, while the nearby South Hero Marsh Wildlife Management Area offers a dense, tangled sanctuary of reeds and silt where the land softens into the lake. The air here holds a crispness that suggests the proximity of deep, cold water, and in the autumn, the light turns a sharp, translucent gold that clarifies the veins of every leaf across the orchards.

South Hero carries the weight of a frontier history that has long since settled into the steady, methodical pulse of agricultural life. The local economy remains anchored in the stubborn fertility of the soil, with apple orchards and small-scale farms sustaining a rhythm that predates the modern sprawl of the interior. While the Lamoille River flows through the broader region, the inhabitants of South Hero have historically turned their focus toward the interior fields and the quiet, productive labor of the harvest. Life here moves with a deliberate gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of larger centers, where the local character is defined by a quiet endurance and the seasonal transition of the land. Even as the years accumulate, the identity of South Hero remains tied to the stillness of its fields and the enduring, unadorned presence of the lake that defines its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Hero Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 272° W
Round Pond Natural Area State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 140° SE
Grand Isle State Park (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 009° N
Sand Bar Causeway (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 113° SE
Sandbar Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 126° SE
Lake Champlain Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 218° SW
NOMAD Soldier Sailor Dedication (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 250° W
City of Plattsburgh Land (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 287° W
Champlain Valley Transportation Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 291° W
Clinton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 290° W
Airplane (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 289° W
Fort Scott Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 293° NW
Ausable Point Campground (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 229° SW
First Building (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 297° NW
Champlain Canal (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 302° NW
Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 293° NW
Plattsburgh State Art Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 293° NW
Amite Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 292° W
Rockwell Kent Collection (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 293° NW
Milton Artists' Guild (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 099° E
Regal Cinemas Champlain Centre 8 (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 294° NW
Ausable Chasm (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 223° SW
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 157° SE
Pelots Point Nature Area (Nature Reserve) — 12.2 mi, 358° N
Showbox Theater (Cinema) — 12.3 mi, 161° S
Abstractions Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.4 mi, 160° S
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.5 mi, 013° N · 15k acres
Jay Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 27.3 mi, 215° SW
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 37.4 mi, 162° S · 412k acres

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