Editing Roxbury, Vermont (section)

==Geography and wildlife==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 41.8&nbsp;square miles (108.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 41.8&nbsp;square miles (108.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.10%) is water.

Roxbury is the southernmost town of Washington County; it is bordered by [[Northfield, Vermont|Northfield]] (to the north), [[Warren, Vermont|Warren]] (to the west), [[Granville, Vermont|Granville]] (to the south and southwest), [[Braintree, Vermont|Braintree]] (to the southeast), and [[Brookfield, Vermont|Brookfield]] (to the east).<ref>[http://vcgi.vermont.gov/sites/vcgi/files/static_maps/town_county_11_17.pdf Vermont Town and County Boundaries], Vermont Center for Geographic Information, [[Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development]] (accessed March 19, 2017); see also Roxbury Town Plan 2014, pp. 5, 48-49.</ref> The town is located some {{convert|25|miles|km}} southwest of [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], the state capital.<ref>Lisa A. Phillips, [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/greathomesanddestinations/21away.html A Focus on Light and Thrift], ''New York Times'' (November 20, 2008).</ref> Roxbury is bisected by [[Vermont Route 12A]], which runs through the town in a north-south direction.<ref name="VE"/> Roxbury includes the headwaters of the Dog River and [[White River (Vermont)|White River]]; the former flows north into the [[Winooski River]], while the latter flows south into [[Connecticut River]].<ref name="VE"/> The [[List of geographic centers of the United States|geographic center]] of Vermont is located three miles east of Roxbury village.<ref>[https://www2.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=VT Science In Your Backyard: Vermont], [[United States Geological Survey]].</ref>

Roxbury is heavily mountainous and forested,<ref name="VE"/> featuring some of the area's most rugged terrain.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 5">Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 5.</ref> More than 85% of the land surface area of the town is forested, including {{convert|5,500|acre|ha}} of state land and more than {{convert|7,000|acre|ha}} of privately owned land that is enrolled in the state's Use Value Program.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 11">Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 11.</ref>

More than twenty points within the town have an elevation of more than {{convert|2,000|ft|m}}; elevations in the town range from a low of {{convert|880|ft|m}} (along the Third Branch of the White River) to a high of {{convert|3,086|ft|m}} (at the peak of Rice Mountain).<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 5"/> Rice Mountain lies in the Northfield range of the [[Green Mountains]] along the western boundary of the town.<ref name="VE"/>