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Benton California Map

Explore Benton, California, 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, California

How to Use This Benton, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benton, California. 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 California 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	California (CA)
County	Mono County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.822438
Longitude	-118.487687
Population	279
Density	3.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93512
Area Code	760
County Seat	Bridgeport
School District	Eastern Sierra Unified School District

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About Benton, California

Benton is a locality in Mono County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 3.8 people per km². Benton is located at 37.8224°N, 118.4877°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93512.

Benton occupies a vast, arid stretch of high desert where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 88.6 miles northeast of Heights, CA (from Heights, CA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 29.5 miles east-northeast of Mammoth Lakes. The landscape surrounding Benton is defined by the expansive, parched floor of Blind Spring Valley, where the earth is painted in muted tones of sage, ochre, and dust. A mile to the west, the thin, seasonal ribbon of Montgomery Creek cuts through the dry scrub, offering a fragile lifeline to the sparse flora that clings to the alkaline soil. Far to the west, the jagged, snow-dusted peaks of the Sierra Nevada rise like a serrated blade against the pale blue sky, their presence a distant, silent guardian over the plains. Even in the height of summer, the light here possesses a crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of every rock and ridge until the land seems to vibrate with a quiet, intense clarity.

Benton carries the weight of a frontier history, having emerged from the grit of mining ambitions that once drew prospectors into these lonely basins. Today, the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, defined more by the patient toil of ranching and the slow passage of time than by the frantic pace of modern industry. Within the immediate boundaries of the land, Ida Lynn Parkinson Park serves as a quiet gathering point, a small patch of managed green that offers a respite from the relentless sun. While the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Crowley lies eighteen miles away, the daily life of Benton is dictated by the immediate realities of the high desert—the sudden drop in temperature when evening arrives and the way the wind sighs through the dry brush. It is a place where the past is not merely remembered but felt in the stillness, an enduring testament to those who chose to make a life in the quiet, expansive reach of the basin.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ida Lynn Parkinson Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 114° SE
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 3.4 mi, 083° E · 2.0M acres
White Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.4 mi, 083° E · 231k acres
Black Lake Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 268° W
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 351° N
Boundary Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.1 mi, 055° NE · 10k acres
River Spring Lakes Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 316° NW
Cousin Jack (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 057° NE
Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 061° NE
Chidago Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.0 mi, 181° S · 20k acres
Toiyabe National Forest (National Forest) — 11.1 mi, 352° N · 3.9M acres
Fish Slough (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.4 mi, 173° S
Casa Diablo Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 14.3 mi, 188° S · 8,993 acres
Tom's Place Monument (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 210° SW
Hot Creek Canyon Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 239° SW
Hot Creek Geological Site (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 239° SW
Mayfield Canyon Battleground (Registered Battlefield) — 27.2 mi, 198° S
Petroglyphs (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 346° N
Minaret Cinemas (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 244° SW
Mammoth Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 244° SW
Navy Beach (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 286° W
South Tufa Area (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 286° W
Julia E. Townsend Memorial (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 243° SW
American Mule Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 171° S
Perched Boulder (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 265° W
C5 Studios Community Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 32.2 mi, 171° S
Inyo Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 32.3 mi, 171° S
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 38.9 mi, 268° W · 743k acres
Bodie Museum and Visitor Center (Museum) — 39.2 mi, 313° NW
Dana Campfire Circle (Theatre) — 47.4 mi, 275° W

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