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Benedict North Dakota Map

Explore Benedict, North Dakota, 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 Benedict, North Dakota

How to Use This Benedict, North Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benedict, North Dakota. 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 North Dakota 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 Benedict.

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	Benedict
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	McLean County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.830281
Longitude	-101.082374
Population	68
Density	105.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58716
Area Code	701
County Seat	Washburn
School District	Max Public School District 50

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About Benedict, North Dakota

Benedict is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 68. The population density is 105.0 people per km². Benedict is located at 47.8303°N, 101.0824°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benedict is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58716.

Benedict commands a vast expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches into a thin, pale line of amber light at the close of day. It lies 29.5 miles south-southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 160°T), and is situated 42.3 miles south-southeast of Minot AFB. The landscape surrounding Benedict is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swells of the earth, an open terrain that feels both ancient and exposed under a sky of immense, shifting gray. To the west, the distant silhouette of Hogback Ridge marks the limit of the plains, while the local topography is broken by the quiet presence of McMann Lake just a short distance away. Water flows through the deeper depressions of the region, occasionally tracing the path of Oak Creek, which carves a modest, verdant vein through the soil. The land here possesses a stark clarity, where the grasses bow to the wind and the air holds a crisp, dry weight that settles over the fields long before the stars emerge.

History in Benedict remains written in the quiet endurance of the grain elevators and the steady, seasonal labor of the surrounding farms. The economy relies upon the rhythm of the harvest, an ancestral industry that dictates the pulse of life as much as the changing color of the wheat. Residents often look toward the Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area to witness the seasonal migration of birds, a movement that provides a wild counterpoint to the orderly, industrious rows of the nearby agricultural plots. For those traveling through, the deeper cuts of Robinson Coulee serve as a reminder of the erosive power of time on the plateau. Life in Benedict moves with a deliberate, measured pace, anchored by a connection to the soil that has persisted through generations, leaving the inhabitants to find their own comfort in the immense, quiet solitude of the North Dakota plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 246° SW
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 321° NW
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 185° S
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 185° S
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 166° S · 4,848 acres
Detrobriand Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.9 mi, 211° SW
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 17.4 mi, 210° SW
Fort Stevenson State Park (State Park) — 22.0 mi, 224° SW
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 25.0 mi, 157° SE · 726 acres
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 037° NE
Lake Sakakawea State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 219° SW
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 28.1 mi, 283° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 341° N
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 177° S
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 36.8 mi, 180° S
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 37.2 mi, 033° NE · 595 acres
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 38.9 mi, 251° W
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.3 mi, 334° NW · 63k acres
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 46.4 mi, 193° S
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 61.8 mi, 054° NE
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 67.9 mi, 168° S
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 69.4 mi, 194° S
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 70.1 mi, 168° S
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 71.3 mi, 168° S
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 71.3 mi, 168° S

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