Underhill Center Vermont Map

About Underhill Center, Vermont

Underhill Center is a locality in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 142. The population density is 256.2 people per km². Underhill Center is located at 44.5076°N, 72.8996°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 05489, 05490.

Underhill Center marks its presence where the Browns River carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy soil of the valley floor. It lies 10.5 miles east of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 84°T), and is situated 15.6 miles east of Burlington. The land rises in quiet, steady increments toward the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains, which silhouette the horizon in shades of deepening indigo. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the landscape holds the silence of the Mount Mansfield State Forest, where the air grows thin and pine-scented in the shadow of the higher elevations. During the autumn, the light turns a brittle, pale gold that catches on the surface of the river and illuminates the frost-tipped grasses of Talbot Hollow, transforming the ordinary passage of a day into something stark and luminous.

History in Underhill Center is measured in the persistence of its small-scale industry and the slow, seasonal pulse of its local economy. The Proctor Maple Research Center serves as a quiet anchor for the region, grounding the community in the meticulous science of the woods and the enduring legacy of the sugar maple. Life here remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, whether it is the labor required to keep the nearby Nose Dive Trail clear for the winter or the steady work of the dairy farms that occupy the surrounding lowland pastures. While Bingham Falls remains a distant, thundering reminder of the power of moving water, the people of Underhill Center generally favor the stillness of the nearby Lake Mansfield, finding in its quiet basin a reflection of a life that values consistency over the clamor of the wider world.

About This Underhill Center Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Underhill Center, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.507551, -72.899569. 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 Underhill Center includes the ZIP code (05489, 05490), telephone area code (802), county seat of Chittenden County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District 401).

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.