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Waterbury Center Vermont Map

Explore Waterbury 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 Waterbury Center, Vermont

How to Use This Waterbury Center, Vermont Map

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

CityWaterbury Center
StateVermont (VT)
CountyWashington County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude44.378111
Longitude-72.71595
Population390
Density347.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code05677
Area Code802
County SeatMontpelier
School DistrictHarwood Unified School District

About Waterbury Center, Vermont

Waterbury Center is a locality in Washington County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 390. The population density is 347.0 people per km². Waterbury Center is located at 44.3781°N, 72.7160°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05677.

Waterbury Center occupies a high, sloping bench of land that commands the attention of the surrounding terrain. It lies 21.0 miles east-southeast of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 112°T), and is situated 16.4 miles northwest of Barre. Bryant Brook cuts a sharp, cooling path through the lower timber, its constant, rhythmic movement providing a soundtrack to the woods where the deep shadows of Mt. Mansfield State Forest offer an enduring, quiet presence. Beyond the immediate rise of the land, the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains marks the western horizon in a jagged line of slate and indigo. The light here in the late afternoon carries a particular clarity, catching the frost on the tall, dormant grasses of Kneeland Flat and turning the air into a shimmering, cold ether that seems to hold the very weight of the coming winter.

Waterbury Center maintains a quiet, industrious character, drawing its history from the stubborn labor of those who cleared the timber and built the sturdy, clapboard houses that still define the slope. The local economy persists in a measured dance between the seasonal rhythms of maple-sugaring and the influx of visitors who travel here to walk the Hedgehop Hill Loop Trail or to gaze across the expanse of the Waterbury Reservoir. Life here is defined by the necessary maintenance of land and road, a focus that remains unbroken even as the modern world shifts around it. Further out, the roar of the water over the rocks at Bolton Falls serves as a reminder of the raw, unceasing force of the landscape, a power that continues to shape the character of the people who reside in this high, persistent corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Mt. Mansfield State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 300° NW
  • Green Mountain Club (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 347° N
  • Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 214° SW
  • C.C. Putnam State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 094° E
  • Shutesville Hill Wildlife Corridor (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 353° N
  • Dascombve P. Rowe Playing Fields (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 219° SW
  • Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 170° S
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 211° SW
  • Vista Sinclair (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 074° E
  • Camels Hump State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 208° SW
  • Kurt Buliger Photography Gallery and Studio (Gallery) — 6.0 mi, 165° S
  • Camp Meade (Arts Centre) — 6.0 mi, 165° S
  • Elm Harris Jewler Studio (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 165° S
  • Stowe Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 015° N
  • Northwood Gallery (Gallery) — 6.2 mi, 014° N
  • Stowe Bowl (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 003° N
  • B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 237° SW
  • Stowe Mountain Auto Toll Road (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 345° N
  • Hubbard Tower (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 139° SE
  • Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 140° SE
  • Capitol Theatre (Cinema) — 10.6 mi, 140° SE
  • The Savoy Theater (Cinema) — 10.7 mi, 140° SE
  • Lost Nations Theater (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 140° SE
  • T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 10.9 mi, 140° SE
  • Kents Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 093° E
  • Beavin & Sons (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 139° SE
  • Elmore State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 041° NE
  • Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 212° SW · 412k acres
  • Breadloaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.1 mi, 199° S · 25k acres
  • Bristol Cliffs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.4 mi, 217° SW · 3,750 acres

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About This Waterbury Center Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waterbury Center, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.378111, -72.71595. 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 Waterbury Center includes the ZIP code (05677), telephone area code (802), county seat of Washington County (Montpelier), and school district assignment (Harwood Unified School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.