THE COLRAIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Vermont Piedmont setting.
Colrain town has 43.1 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Vermont Piedmont, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Colrain and Franklin County
Colrain is associated with Franklin County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Colrain by land and water
The Census records 0.26 square miles of water within Colrain, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 2.9 percentage points lower than the 3.5% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Colrain town has 2.4 times the land area of nearby Leyden town (17.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

