Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont, reaching an elevation of 4,393 feet (1,339 m) above sea level.

[4] When viewed from the east or west, this mountain has the appearance of a (quite elongated) human profile, with distinct forehead, nose, lips, chin, and Adam's apple.

These features are most distinct when viewed from the east; unlike most human faces, the chin is the highest point.

[5] Mount Mansfield is one of three spots in Vermont where true alpine tundra survives from the Ice Ages.

Wentworth had good reason to honor Lord Mansfield by naming a town after him: Mansfield and another English official had jointly ruled in 1752 that the land between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain should be considered part of the Wentworth-governed royal province of New Hampshire, and not of New York, which also claimed that territory.

[14] The Town of Mansfield was formed before anyone involved had visited the site; when the townsite was surveyed, it was discovered to be mostly mountainside.

At the base of these cliffs (on the western side of the Notch Road, Vermont Route 108), there is a honeycomb network of talus caves.

Mansfield is the home of Stowe Mountain Resort, one of the oldest ski areas in the United States.

Lower elevations of the mountain have a humid continental climate[18][19] Summer days on the mountain are warm coupled with cool nights, while winters are long, cold and snowy, lasting from November through April and with annual snowfall averaging 235 in (6.0 m).