THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands setting.
Washington County has 687.1 square miles of land in Vermont. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Washington County: Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands, Northern Piedmont, Upper Montane/Alpine Zone.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Washington County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Green Mountains/Berkshire Highlands57.9%
- Northern Piedmont38.7%
- Upper Montane/Alpine Zone3.3%
Finding your parcel within Washington County
The atlas lists 33 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Washington County, including Waterbury, Northfield, Marshfield. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Washington County by land and water
The Census records 8.31 square miles of water within Washington County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to Washington County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Washington County has 68.3 times the land area of nearby Montpelier city (10.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Addison County, Caledonia County, Chittenden County, Lamoille County, Orange County within Vermont. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.