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Bennington Kansas Map

Explore Bennington, Kansas, 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 Bennington, Kansas

How to Use This Bennington, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bennington, Kansas. 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 Kansas 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 Bennington.

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	Bennington
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Ottawa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.030556
Longitude	-97.594199
Population	622
Density	571.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67422
Area Code	785
County Seat	Minneapolis
School District	Twin Valley Unified School District 240

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About Bennington, Kansas

Bennington is a locality in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 622. The population density is 571.8 people per km². Bennington is located at 39.0306°N, 97.5942°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bennington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67422.

Bennington occupies a vast, sun-drenched expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches outward to meet an infinite sky. It lies 13.2 miles north of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 4°T), and is situated 8.7 miles southeast of Minneapolis. Sand Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth near the settlement, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that sway rhythmically in the persistent prairie gusts. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Smoky Hills rise against the twilight, their muted, earthen tones deepening into shades of violet as the sun dips below the wheat-gold fields. The air here carries the faint, dry scent of soil and turning seasons, a clarity that renders the transition from day to evening into a slow, deliberate unfolding of light across the flat, open land.

Bennington remains defined by its deep connection to the soil and the legacy of the pioneers who laid its foundations amidst the challenges of the high plains. The local economy thrives upon the rhythmic cycle of agriculture, where the prosperity of the harvest dictates the pulse of the days, and the quiet industry of the fields remains the primary occupation of the inhabitants. Those seeking respite from the cultivated landscape often travel five miles to reach the serene waters of State Lake or the natural expanses of the Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area. Life in Bennington moves with the steady, unadorned grace of a place that understands its own scale, where the silence of the wide-open prairie invites a contemplative stillness into the daily labor of those who call these plains their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 011° N
Ottawa State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 012° N
Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.2 mi, 164° S
Lakewood Park Natural Area (Local Recreation) — 12.6 mi, 179° S
ATSF Freight House (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 184° S
MP Depot (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 184° S
MP Freight House (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 184° S
In Appreciation of Robert J. Paulette, P.E. (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 177° S
Oakdale Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 182° S
Kenwood Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 180° S
Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 13.8 mi, 179° S
East Crawford Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 14.1 mi, 174° S
Giant Anteater (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 217° SW
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 183° S
Steve Fossett Plaza (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 189° S
Marty Bender Nature Area Art Exhibit 2 (Public Artwork) — 16.8 mi, 174° S
Texas Cattle Trail Terminus (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 111° E
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 22.1 mi, 111° E
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 271° W
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 271° W
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 29.7 mi, 271° W
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 272° W
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 32.1 mi, 062° NE
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 32.2 mi, 222° SW
Kanopolis Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 32.3 mi, 221° SW
Cloud County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 355° N
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 37.6 mi, 354° N
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 37.7 mi, 170° S
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 48.8 mi, 308° NW
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.2 mi, 220° SW · 44k acres

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