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Benjamin Texas Map

Explore Benjamin, Texas, 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 Benjamin, Texas

How to Use This Benjamin, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benjamin, Texas. 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 Texas 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 Benjamin.

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	Benjamin
State	Texas (TX)
County	Knox County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.583981
Longitude	-99.792313
Population	196
Density	72.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79505
Area Code	806
County Seat	Benjamin
School District	Benjamin Independent School District

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About Benjamin, Texas

Benjamin is a locality in Knox County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 196. The population density is 72.0 people per km². Benjamin is located at 33.5840°N, 99.7923°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benjamin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79505.

Benjamin asserts itself upon the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the Rolling Plains, a place where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 78.0 miles west-southwest of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 253°T), and is situated 29.7 miles north of Haskell. The land around Benjamin consists of wide, open prairies punctuated by the occasional scrub oak, while the terrestrial architecture of the region is defined by the subtle, rugged depression of Glover Canyon and the distant, hazy silhouette of Ignorant Ridge that looms against the western firmament. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Lake Benjamin capture the fierce clarity of the Texas sun, mirroring a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold as the light retreats. Dutchman Creek meanders through the thirsty soil three miles distant, carving a jagged, seasonal path through the earth that serves as a reminder of the quiet, persistent movement of water across this arid stretch.

Benjamin carries the weight of a frontier legacy, having emerged from the dust of the nineteenth century as a seat of governance and a center for those who staked their lives on the temperamental soil and the endurance of cattle. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the ranching industry, where the labor of the day is measured in the health of the herd and the cyclical demands of the seasons. Life in Benjamin unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of the urban centers that lie hundreds of miles toward the coast. Here, the culture is forged in the silence of the plains and the shared understanding of a landscape that demands resilience, creating a character as stark and enduring as the limestone foundations upon which the local structures rest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Knox County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 177° S
Original Old Rock Courthouse Cornerstone (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 223° SW
Texas Business Pioneer Pleasant C. Sams (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 085° E
Fire Hall Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 008° N
Foard County Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 008° N
Civil Center Park (Local Park) — 29.9 mi, 173° S
Baylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 089° E
Let the Good Times Roll (Public Artwork) — 30.6 mi, 089° E
Copper Breaks State Park (State Park) — 35.7 mi, 002° N
Pease River Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 36.0 mi, 004° N
Permian Sea Tide Ripples (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 004° N
Dark Sky Viewing Area (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 003° N
Historic Windmill (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 003° N
Throckmorton County Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 132° SE
Cowboy Country Museum (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 181° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 44.1 mi, 181° S
Oriana Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 46.7 mi, 233° SW
Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 47.5 mi, 319° NW
Officer’s Quarters (Historic Ruins) — 55.6 mi, 144° SE
The Old Jail Art Center (Arts Centre) — 62.0 mi, 157° SE
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.3 mi, 267° W · 14k acres
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 65.4 mi, 174° S
Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area & WRP (State Conservation Area) — 66.9 mi, 045° NE
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.1 mi, 337° NW · 15k acres
Ramona Theatre (Theatre) — 71.1 mi, 038° NE
Sea Bee Park (Local Recreation) — 72.0 mi, 176° S
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 72.8 mi, 217° SW
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 76.8 mi, 331° NW
Grover Nelson Park (Local Recreation) — 78.9 mi, 176° S
Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 79.0 mi, 244° SW

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