Vermont Map Activity
A printable Vermont map worksheet: color the state, label Montpelier and its major cities, and draw in the rivers and higher ground.
5 questions · Map activity · Application
Vermont is one of the fifty states, and its capital is Montpelier. This sheet prints the outline of the state large enough to work on, with a star already marking the capital, and a small map of the whole country in the corner so a student can see where Vermont sits. The five tasks move from coloring the state in to placing its cities, rivers and mountains — the same order an atlas builds a map up in.
Vermont
Capital: Montpelier
Vermont Map Activity
This is a map of Vermont. Use the facts in the box and the star on the map to finish all five tasks.
Remember
- The capital of Vermont is Montpelier.
- Three of its largest cities are Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro.
- Rivers in Vermont include Connecticut River, Winooski River and Otter Creek.
- Its higher ground includes Green Mountains and Appalachian Mountains.
Your tasks
Work down the list in order. Everything is done on the big map below.
- 1.
Color the whole state of Vermont lightly in one color, staying inside the outline.
- 2.
Find the star on the map. Write the name of the state capital on the line beside it.
- 3.
Mark and label these cities with a dot: Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro.
- 4.
Draw and label these rivers: Connecticut River and Winooski River.
- 5.
Shade where this higher ground is and label it: Green Mountains and Appalachian Mountains.
★ marks Montpelier, the state capital. Write its name on the line.
Answer key
Your tasks
- 1.The whole outline is colored in, and the coloring stays inside the border.
- 2.Montpelier - the capital of Vermont. The star is printed where the city is.
- 3.Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro - each marked with a dot and labeled. Burlington is the largest of them.
- 4.Connecticut River and Winooski River - drawn as a wiggly line and labeled.
- 5.Green Mountains and Appalachian Mountains - shaded and labeled in roughly the right part of the state.
What this sheet teaches
- Find Vermont on a map of the United States.
- Name and locate Montpelier, the state capital.
- Locate Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro within the state.
- Draw the main rivers of Vermont and say roughly where they run.
Notes for the adult
- Colored pencils are enough — nothing on the Vermont sheet needs paint, and the outline is large enough that a fine tip is not required either.
- Task 2 is the one to check first: the star is printed exactly where Montpelier is, so a child who writes another city has read the map rather than the fact box.
- Burlington and the Connecticut River are placed by eye. Mark them on whether they are in the right part of Vermont relative to Montpelier, not on whether they land within a mile of the truth.
What is on the page
Vermont Map Activity is in one part and comes to five exercises in total. Map work throughout — one kind of exercise, done five times, rather than a page that changes its demand halfway down.
Under "Your tasks" there are five tasks, all of them carried out on the printed outline of Vermont rather than answered in writing.
Vermont on this sheet
The star is printed on Montpelier, close to the middle of the state, at roughly 44.3°N, 72.6°W. Of the 50 state capitals this site has a map sheet for, that makes it the 9th furthest north and the 46th furthest west. The nearest other state capital is Concord, about 90 miles away in New Hampshire — a useful thing to say out loud to a student who assumes every state is the size of their own.
The cities to mark are Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro. Three rivers go on next — Connecticut River, Winooski River and Otter Creek — drawn in by hand rather than traced. Higher ground is shaded last: Green Mountains and Appalachian Mountains.
The outline of Vermont is about 1.8 times as tall as it is wide, which leaves narrow margins either side for city names. It is drawn from the same vector data as the map on this page, so what prints on paper is what is on the screen, and a photocopy of it holds up. Positions are estimated by eye: mark Burlington on whether it is in the right part of Vermont, not on whether it lands within a mile of the truth.
What it asks of the student
Vermont Map Activity puts about 118 words of reading in front of the student — the fact box, the directions, every question, and every printed option. That is the number worth checking against a class before it goes out, because a sheet that is pitched right on the history and wrong on the reading fails for the same child either way. The longest single prompt on it runs to 18 words.
Nothing on Vermont Map Activity is answered on ruled lines — every response goes onto the map itself, or on the short rule beside a task — so the whole of it fits on one side of paper and the full answer key runs to 75 words.
Where this one sits
Vermont Map Activity is one of 61 US States & Capitals sheets on this site and one of 59 written for grade 4. 53 of them share its topic, the fifty states, which is worth knowing before printing two that overlap.
The closest things to it are Delaware Map Activity (grade 4) and Florida Map Activity (grade 4). If Vermont Map Activity lands well, those are the ones to reach for next; if it lands badly, the application sheets a grade either side are usually the adjustment rather than a different topic altogether.
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