West Charlotte Vermont Map

About West Charlotte, Vermont

West Charlotte is a locality in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 169. The population density is 92.8 people per km². West Charlotte is located at 44.3106°N, 73.2532°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05445.

West Charlotte occupies a quiet, agrarian stretch of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy spine of the Green Mountains. It lies 11.5 miles south-southwest of South Burlington, VT (from South Burlington, VT: bearing 201°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southwest of Shelburne. The landscape is defined by the persistent, soft murmur of Pringle Brook, which cuts through the fields and draws the eye toward the vast, open expanse of Lake Champlain lying to the west. Here, the light of late afternoon catches the tall, dry grasses in the Pease Mountain Natural Area, casting long, bruised shadows that seem to hold the heat of the day against the cooling soil. The terrain is marked by a deliberate, patient stillness, where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp earth and coming frost across the open pastures.

West Charlotte maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the legacy of small-scale agriculture that has long anchored the local economy. While the nearby Ferrisburg Municipal Forest offers a dense, shaded reprieve from the sun-drenched meadows, the character of the locality remains tethered to the slow labor of the land and the endurance of its historic farmsteads. The pace of life is dictated not by the clock, but by the turning of the soil and the maintenance of property lines that have held for generations. It is a place where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the thick woods and the wide, reflective surface of the water, leaving the residents to navigate a landscape that prioritizes the quiet observation of the natural cycle over the clamor of progress.

About This West Charlotte Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Charlotte, Vermont. Coordinates: 44.310612, -73.2532. 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 West Charlotte includes the ZIP code (05445), telephone area code (802), county seat of Chittenden County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Champlain Valley Unified School District).

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.