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Benoit Mississippi Map

Explore Benoit, Mississippi, 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 Benoit, Mississippi

How to Use This Benoit, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benoit, Mississippi. 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 Mississippi 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 Benoit.

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	Benoit
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Bolivar County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.651501
Longitude	-91.009551
Population	365
Density	144.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38725
Area Code	662
County Seat	Cleveland
School District	West Bolivar Consolidated School District

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About Benoit, Mississippi

Benoit is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 365. The population density is 144.7 people per km². Benoit is located at 33.6515°N, 91.0096°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benoit is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38725.

Benoit emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Mississippi Delta where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by anything but the vertical reach of grain silos and the occasional stand of timber. It lies 16.9 miles north of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 10°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west-southwest of Cleveland. Burrus Bayou traces a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark water cutting a vein through the rich, heavy soil that defines the terrain. Egypt Ridge provides a subtle, almost geological presence here, grounding the flat plains with its enduring, silent weight. Nearby, the quiet waters of Lake Whittington reflect the shifting colors of a late afternoon sky, while the thick, humid air carries the scent of damp earth and growing things. This is a place where the light at dusk seems to linger, turning the fields into a deep, bruised violet before the stars settle over the quiet expanse.

Benoit remains deeply tied to the rhythms of the agricultural cycle, its economy rooted in the expansive fields of cotton and soybeans that have shaped the lives of families for generations. The legacy of the land is palpable, felt in the slow pace of work and the way the town preserves its connections to the surrounding countryside. Four miles away, the Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary for migratory birds and native flora, serving as a reminder of the wilder, wooded character of the region before the plow took hold. Life here unfolds with a measured consistency, influenced by the proximity of the Delta Experimental Forest which reminds residents of the persistent, encroaching strength of the natural world. In the quiet intersections of Benoit, the past is not a museum piece but a living pressure, felt in the way the wind moves through the rows of crops and the way the shadows lengthen across the gravel roads at day’s end.

Nearby Outdoor Places

William Fisher Johnson (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 230° SW
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.5 mi, 069° E · 19k acres
Choctaw Island (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 250° W
Stoneville Wma (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 155° SE
Delta Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 12.5 mi, 155° SE
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 355° N
Charlie Capps (State Recreation Area) — 15.3 mi, 012° N
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 190° S
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 17.3 mi, 188° S
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 069° E
Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.2 mi, 190° S
Charley Patton (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 134° SE
Lake Chicot State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 207° SW
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.2 mi, 341° N · 314k acres
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 076° E
Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 124° SE
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.7 mi, 354° N · 945 acres
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 39.6 mi, 104° E
Florewood River Plantation Museum (Museum) — 44.8 mi, 101° E
University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 46.3 mi, 265° W
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 46.8 mi, 100° E
St. Charles Museum (Museum) — 50.5 mi, 352° N
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 50.8 mi, 162° S · 61k acres
Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 57.5 mi, 167° S
Father Pere Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 65.2 mi, 021° N
Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 65.3 mi, 021° N
Lily Peter Auditorium (Theatre) — 65.7 mi, 020° N
Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 65.7 mi, 021° N
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 69.3 mi, 069° E · 156k acres

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