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Benson Minnesota Map

Explore Benson, Minnesota, 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 Benson, Minnesota

How to Use This Benson, Minnesota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benson, Minnesota. 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 Minnesota 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 Benson.

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	Benson
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Swift County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.31496
Longitude	-95.600035
Population	3,480
Density	433.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56215
Area Code	320
County Seat	Benson
School District	Benson Public School District

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About Benson, Minnesota

Benson is a locality in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,480. The population density is 433.6 people per km². Benson is located at 45.3150°N, 95.6000°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56215.

Benson stretches across a vast, flat expanse of the high plains where the horizon pulls the sky tight against the earth. It lies 30.2 miles west-northwest of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 296°T), and is situated 26.4 miles north-northeast of Montevideo. The air here holds a distinct, metallic clarity, moving in long, unbroken currents across fields that surrender to the seasonal cycle of frost and gold. Only a mile away, the Chippewa River carves a sluggish, winding path through the silt, its banks lined with dense thickets of brush that turn the color of dried straw by late autumn. Just four miles distant, the waters of Lake Johnson hold the reflection of the clouds, a quiet basin in the otherwise relentless reach of the prairie. Within the grid of the streets, Roosevelt Park offers a small, shaded respite where the wind loses its edge, providing a place to watch the light change as it thins and cools toward the deep, predictable winters of the region.

Benson emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, serving as a vital junction for the movement of grain that defined the economic lifeblood of the surrounding acreage. The rhythm of daily existence remains tethered to the harvest and the steady, mechanical hum of regional agriculture, which persists as the primary engine for the local economy. Scandinavian roots run deep in the local lineage, coloring the social character with a quiet, reserved resilience that mirrors the endurance required to inhabit such an exposed landscape. Looking toward the distant silhouette of Blue Mounds on the far horizon, one senses the isolation that shaped the settlers who first broke this sod. Life in Benson follows the slow, deliberate turning of the year, where the labor of the fields eventually gives way to the long, quiet nights of the interior, binding the people to the soil and the wind in equal measure.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brock Field (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 357° N
Lathrop Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 214° SW
Northside Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 012° N
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 249° W
Ambush Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 293° NW
Clair Rollings State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 218° SW
Swift County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 309° NW
Bench State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 051° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 015° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.2 mi, 015° N · 12k acres
Pope County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.4 mi, 350° N
Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 016° N
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 14.8 mi, 013° N
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 017° N
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 19.0 mi, 062° NE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.6 mi, 068° E
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 227° SW
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 025° NE
Giant Crow Statue (Public Artwork) — 30.0 mi, 072° E
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 179° S
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 115° SE
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 30.8 mi, 118° SE
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 34.4 mi, 355° N
Boyd House (Attraction) — 35.3 mi, 205° SW
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 269° W
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 40.8 mi, 015° N
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 41.2 mi, 015° N
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 42.8 mi, 047° NE
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 181° S
Koronis Cinema (Cinema) — 43.3 mi, 084° E

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