THE RIPTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands setting.
Ripton town has 49.3 square miles of land in Addison County. Its Census reference point is in Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands, 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
Ripton and Addison County
Ripton is associated with Addison 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.
Ripton by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Ripton, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 4.8 percentage points lower than the 5.1% recorded for Addison County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ripton town has 67.4 times the land area of nearby East Middlebury CDP (0.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

