THE ADDISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Champlain Lowlands setting.
Addison County has 766.3 square miles of land in Vermont. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Addison County: Champlain Lowlands, Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands, Upper Montane/Alpine Zone, among others.
Glacially shaped lowlands and irregular plains border the Great Lakes and adjacent hills. The lakes influence regional weather, while local landforms reflect both glacial deposits and former shorelines.
Regional context: Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Addison County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Champlain Lowlands62.8%
- Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands32.3%
- Upper Montane/Alpine Zone3.6%
- Taconic Foothills1.3%
Northeastern Highlands in Addison County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Addison County
The atlas lists 29 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Addison County, including Granville, Ripton, Ferrisburgh. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Addison County by land and water
The Census records 41.4 square miles of water within Addison County, or 5.1% of its total area. That share is close to Addison County’s 5.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Addison County has 54 times the land area of nearby Middlebury CDP (14.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chittenden County, Orange County, Rutland County, Washington County, Windsor County within Vermont. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

