THE MOUNT VERNON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Puget Uplands setting.
Mount Vernon city has 12.3 square miles of land in Skagit County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Puget Uplands, within Puget Lowland.
A glacial lowland surrounds Puget Sound with islands, bays, peninsulas and rolling terrain. Moraines, outwash plains and river terraces create a varied setting beneath the region's maritime climate.
Regional context: Puget Lowland ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mount Vernon and Skagit County
Mount Vernon is associated with Skagit 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.
Mount Vernon by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within Mount Vernon, or 2.6% of its total area. It is 7.2 percentage points lower than the 9.7% recorded for Skagit County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Vernon city has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Big Lake CDP (7.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

