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2021 Map of Northfield

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Northfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Norwich University anchors the southern landscape of this Vermont terrain, where the campus and Northfield Center meet the narrow valley of the Dog River. The river corridor serves as a primary artery for settlement, connecting the village of Northfield to Northfield Falls and West Berlin. This valley is characterized by its historical engineering, featuring a notable concentration of timber structures including the Upper Cox Brook Lower Covered Bridge, the Cox Covered Bridge, and the Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge.

Beyond the river, the topography rises sharply into the Northfield Mountains to the west, marked by prominent passes at Moretown Gap and Waitsfield Gap. Local history is deeply etched into the hillsides through numerous burial grounds such as the Old Catholic Cem, Aldrich Cem, and the Four Corners Cem. These sites, along with family-named landmarks like Chase Mtn and Turkey Hill, suggest a long-standing pattern of upland farmsteads and rural mountain life.