Chittenden County
Snow plowing in
Hinesburg, Vermont
Snow plowing in Hinesburg covers rural homes, subdivisions, private roads, farm lanes, and growing commercial areas.
Local operating question
What is different about a Hinesburg stop?
Hinesburg’s official map shows Route 116, CVU Road, Richmond Road, Shelburne Falls Road, Riggs Road, Silver Street, and a mix of village and outlying roads. Plan separately for village properties, subdivisions, and open rural drives. Wind refill, gravel edges, school-hour traffic, and long backing distances can affect visit order. Confirm early whether your road is town-maintained or a private association responsibility, since that changes who authorizes any widening beyond the base scope. The village sits in the La Platte River valley on Route 116, 11 miles south of South Burlington, but only 872 of the town's 4,698 people live there, so most stops are outlying drives. Champlain Valley Union High School on CVU Road sets the school-hour traffic.
How snow affects a Hinesburg lot
Hinesburg is measured at the Burlington airport: 87.5 inches of snow, 89 days of snow cover and 57 ice days a year.
A property on it takes the state plow bank, and one on a side road depends on how that road is plowed.
Open drives near Red Rock, at about 1,597 feet, collect wind-blown snow between visits.
Meltwater near the La Platte River and Lower Pond refreezes on ice days.
What Hinesburg properties look like
Richmond sits on the same airport record but on wooded, shaded hill roads. Open Hinesburg drives lose their cleared lanes to wind, not to shade. The 2026 plan counts about 2,184 housing units per the 2023 ACS, up 291 since the 2014 count, so newer subdivision drives now sit beside older farm lanes. Most of Hinesburg lives outside the village, on hill and farm roads that climb out of the La Platte River valley. Many are gravel, and several climb steeply enough that sand at the pitches matters more than salt. Bristol is 17 miles south on VT 116, which makes the south end of Hinesburg the far edge of most Chittenden County routes and often the last stop of a storm. The town covers 39.8 square miles with about 118 people to each, a third of Williston's density, so stops are far apart.
For a Hinesburg drive, write down where the town road ends and the private road begins. An open exposure can refill in an hour, so the scope should say what a return pass costs. Model the Hinesburg lot in the snow-service planning range calculator.
| Condition | Near Hinesburg | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall | 87.5 inches a year (Burlington International Airport) | NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (nearest station) |
| New-snow days | 23.1 a year | Same source |
| Snow-cover days | 89 a year | Same source |
| Ice days | 57 a year | Same source |
| Numbered highways | VT 116 | US Census Bureau TIGER/Line map data |
| Named rivers | La Platte River | USGS National Hydrography Dataset |
| Lakes and ponds | Lower Pond | USGS Geographic Names Information System |
| Named places | Mechanicsville, South Hinesburg and Rhode Island Corner | Same source |
| Highest summit | Red Rock, about 1,597 feet | USGS GNIS summit names; heights from the USGS 3D Elevation Program |
Parking bans and plowing rules in Hinesburg
Hinesburg posts a Highway Department Snow and Ice Control Plan, adopted in 2009, with a plan map. It sets how the town plows its own roads, so a private-road contract should say where the town road ends.
Snow plowing near Hinesburg
Planning also covers Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho, Underhill and Richmond, and the service-area directory lists every town.
Straight answers
Questions to settle before the snow flies
What should a Hinesburg plan know about winter parking and plowing?
The Snow and Ice Control Plan, adopted in 2009, sets how the highway department plows town roads. A private road needs its own written plan.