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Benton Kentucky Map

Explore Benton, Kentucky, 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, Kentucky

How to Use This Benton, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benton, Kentucky. 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 Kentucky 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	Kentucky (KY)
County	Marshall County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.848003
Longitude	-88.36165
Population	4,756
Density	370.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42025
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	Benton
School District	Marshall County School District

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About Benton, Kentucky

Benton is a locality in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,756. The population density is 370.4 people per km². Benton is located at 36.8480°N, 88.3616°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42025.

Benton occupies a flat, quiet stretch of the Jackson Purchase where the sky seems to hold more weight than the earth beneath it. It lies 17.2 miles north of Murray, KY (from Murray, KY: bearing 353°T), and is situated 17.7 miles east-northeast of Mayfield. Town Creek moves sluggishly through the landscape, its dark water carving a thin, persistent line through the soil before winding away toward deeper drainage. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the terrain flattens into fields that catch the late afternoon light, turning the dry grasses into a pale, bruised gold. Seven miles to the east, the silhouette of Hogskin Ridge marks the edge of the horizon, a reminder that the land eventually finds reason to rise. Within the town limits, Benton City Park offers a modest expanse of green where the air remains still, save for the occasional shift of wind moving toward the distant timber of the Land Between the Lakes National Forest.

Benton maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long history as a seat of local governance and trade for the surrounding agricultural plains. The economy here remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the small-scale commerce that keeps the storefronts active while the world outside grows louder. Residents often travel toward the quiet surface of Taylor Pond to find a moment of seclusion, or they look toward the far-off contours of Nickell Cove when the weather turns and the valleys hold the fog. Life in Benton is defined by these quiet connections, where the work of the day is measured by the sun’s arc over the fields rather than the frantic pulse of bigger places. It is a location of subtle persistence, where the soil and the shade of the trees define the character of those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Benton City Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 077° E
Benton City Soccer Field (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 061° NE
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.7 mi, 003° N · 19k acres
Water Park for kids (Theme Park) — 6.1 mi, 007° N
Kentucky Lake Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 080° E · 7,899 acres
Kaler Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 275° W
Golf Ball (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 022° N
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 022° N
Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden And Toyland (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 324° NW
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 040° NE · 171k acres
Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 11.8 mi, 040° NE · 171k acres
Barkley Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 039° NE
Kenlake State Resort Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 108° E
Lake Barkley (Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 039° NE
The Overlook - Photo Opp (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 023° NE
Rex's Revenge Gravel Climb (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 022° N
Car Seat - Photo Opp (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 020° N
Playhouse in the Park (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 169° S
Confederate Memorial Gates (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 246° SW
Kincaid Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 17.5 mi, 336° NW
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 321° NW
Market House Theatre (Theatre) — 20.9 mi, 322° NW
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 21.0 mi, 322° NW
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 319° NW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 22.1 mi, 347° N · 274k acres
Bison Range Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.5 mi, 123° SE
Barrens (Nature Reserve) — 29.0 mi, 337° NW
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 316° NW
Adsmore Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 056° NE
Caldwell County Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 32.6 mi, 052° NE

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