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Wolcott Vermont Map

Explore Wolcott, 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 Wolcott, Vermont

How to Use This Wolcott, Vermont Map

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

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

Latitude	44.551809
Longitude	-72.470074
Population	176
Density	76.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	05680
Area Code	802
County Seat	Hyde Park
School District	Wolcott School District

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About Wolcott, Vermont

Wolcott is a locality in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 76.1 people per km². Wolcott is located at 44.5518°N, 72.4701°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05680.

Wolcott emerges from the northern Vermont landscape as a quiet convergence of dark timber and moving water. It lies 32.4 miles east of Essex Junction, VT (from Essex Junction, VT: bearing 83°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Morrisville. The Lamoille River carves a deliberate path through the basin, its current cold and steady, mirroring the slate-colored sky that settles over the valley floor. To the south, the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Green Mountains marks the horizon, standing as a silent sentinel over the dense, unyielding growth of the Morrisville Village Municipal Forest. In the stillness of dusk, the light here turns a brittle, metallic gold, catching the edges of the meadows and emphasizing the sharp, clean lines of the terrain. A few miles away, the quiet basin of Wolcott Pond rests in a hollow of earth, its surface undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a rising fish or the flight of a solitary hawk circling the East Hill Wildlife Management Area.

Wolcott carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of the northern woods, where the economy has long been tethered to the harvest of timber and the rhythm of the seasons. The architecture of the village remains spare and functional, reflecting a people who have prioritized utility and endurance over ornamentation. While the modern pace is marked by the hum of small-scale agriculture and the sporadic passage of logging trucks, the underlying spirit of the place is defined by a rugged independence that persists despite the changing demands of the outside world. Those who wander toward the periphery find the landscape dominated by the rough, untamed geography that characterizes this interior corner of the state, where the echoes of the wilderness are never far from the porch steps. Life in Wolcott is measured by the slow accumulation of winters and the brief, intense flowering of the short summers, keeping the inhabitants perpetually aware of the land’s capacity to both provide and withhold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

East Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 094° E
Elmore State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 257° W
Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 181° S
Wolcott Research Forest (Recreation Easement) — 3.7 mi, 035° NE
Green River Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 337° NW
Hardwick Village Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 104° E
Craftsbury Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 001° N
New England Forestry Foundation (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 237° SW
Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 153° SE
C.C. Putnam State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.8 mi, 218° SW
Hyde Park Opera House (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 292° W
Highland Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 083° E
Circus Smirkus World Headquarters (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 054° NE
Craftsbury Historical Socity (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 031° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 032° NE
Bayley-Hazen Military Road Monument (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 093° E
Millers Thumb Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 079° E
Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 103° E
Vermont Studio Center (Gallery) — 11.7 mi, 300° NW
Northwood Gallery (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 241° SW
Stowe Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 240° SW
Green Chair Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 243° SW
Journey's End (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 304° NW
Kents Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 183° S
Stowe Bowl (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 245° SW
Burned Down Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 335° NW
Big Spruce Old Bullwheel (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 270° W
Glover Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 052° NE
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 34.4 mi, 218° SW · 412k acres
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 39.3 mi, 136° SE · 768k acres

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