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Benton Alabama Map

Explore Benton, Alabama, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Benton, Alabama

How to Use This Benton, Alabama Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benton, Alabama. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alabama or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Benton.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Benton
State	Alabama (AL)
County	Lowndes County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.306805
Longitude	-86.817761
Population	41
Density	52.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	36785
Area Code	334
County Seat	Hayneville
School District	Lowndes County School District

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About Benton, Alabama

Benton is a locality in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 52.4 people per km². Benton is located at 32.3068°N, 86.8178°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36785.

Benton exists as a quiet accumulation of red-clay earth and dense, verdant woodland, where the light at dusk settles in thick, amber layers over the fields. It lies 13.8 miles east-southeast of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 120°T), and is situated 17.1 miles southeast of Valley Grande. The landscape around Benton is defined by the steady, humid presence of Big Swamp Creek, which carves a slow path through the bottomland hardwoods that define the local topography. B C Rhyne Lake remains a still, reflective mirror for the surrounding pines, holding the sky in a way that makes the horizon feel both intimate and vast. While the Fall Line Hills rise as a distant, hazy suggestion of elevation far to the north, the immediate terrain remains dominated by the level, fertile soil that has long dictated the rhythm of growth and harvest in this interior landscape.

History clings to the soil here, marked by the proximity of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, which serves as a silent, solemn reminder of the monumental shifts that occurred across these plains. The economy of Benton continues to be shaped by the cycles of agriculture, with the pecan and peach orchards providing a seasonal pulse that dictates the pace of local life. Men and women work the land with a deliberate focus, their labor connected to the long-standing traditions of a region defined by its inland isolation and the persistent, heavy warmth of the southern air. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, one can feel the weight of memory in the stillness, as if the very fibers of the earth hold the stories of those who have moved across these fields for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 032° NE
R. E. Bob Woodruff Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 056° NE
Millers Ferry Lock Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 001° N
Lowndes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 051° NE
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 5.6 mi, 116° SE · 20 acres
Robert E Radford Momorial (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 289° W
Craig Field WW2 Memorial (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 291° W
Viola Liuzzo Memorial (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 107° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.8 mi, 291° W
Civil Rights Memorial Mural (Public Artwork) — 13.4 mi, 300° NW
Dallas County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 243° SW
Selma Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 301° NW
Eastside-Pickard Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 301° NW
Sturdivant Hall (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 301° NW
Tabernacle Baptist Church Guided Tours (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 303° NW
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 273° W
Old Cahawba Prairie Tract (State Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 272° W
Paul M. Grist State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 334° NW
P'Zazz Art Studio (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 062° NE
Prattaugan Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 062° NE
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 23.8 mi, 327° NW · 395k acres
Alabama Safari Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.5 mi, 105° E
Go To Church Or the Devil Will Get You! Sign (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 045° NE
Roland Cooper State Park (State Park) — 29.8 mi, 236° SW
Harriott II Riverboat (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 080° E
Rosa Parks Library and Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 081° E
W. A. Gayle Planetarium (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 082° E
Fort Jackson (Historic Ruins) — 35.5 mi, 067° NE
Rumbling Water Studios and Gallery (Gallery) — 39.0 mi, 066° NE
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.9 mi, 346° N · 8,383 acres

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