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Benns Church Virginia Map

Explore Benns Church, Virginia, 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 Benns Church, Virginia

How to Use This Benns Church, Virginia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Benns Church, Virginia. 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 Virginia 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 Benns Church.

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	Benns Church
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Isle of Wight County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.937926
Longitude	-76.586064
Population	1,453
Density	136.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23314
Area Code	757
County Seat	Isle of Wight
School District	Isle of Wight County Public Schools

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About Benns Church, Virginia

Benns Church is a locality in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,453. The population density is 136.7 people per km². Benns Church is located at 36.9379°N, 76.5861°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23314.

Benns Church marks a quiet intersection where the heavy, humid air of the inland plains settles into the deep greens of the surrounding woodlands. It lies 9.2 miles west-southwest of Newport News, VA (from Newport News, VA: bearing 252°T), and is situated 4.0 miles southeast of Smithfield. Jones Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the shifting canopy of oaks and pines that define the local horizon. On clear evenings, the light catches the surface of Smithfield Downs Golf Course Pond, turning the water into a sheet of polished copper before the shadows of the trees stretch across the grass. To the west, the faint, hazy outline of Blackwalnut Ridge serves as a distant anchor for the eye, grounding the expansive, flat fields that dominate the immediate horizon.

Benns Church carries a weight of legacy in its name, reflecting an era when the congregation served as the primary gravity for the scattered agrarian households of the region. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the steady commerce of the nearby trade routes, far removed from the frantic pace of the urban centers. Residents often spend their afternoons at Carrollton Nike Park, a space that provides a necessary expanse of open ground amidst the encroaching density of modern development. Life in Benns Church moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, defined by the preservation of old patterns and the slow, persistent growth of a place that values its own stillness above the noise of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carrollton Nike Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 032° NE
Windsor Castle Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 324° NW
Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 055° NE
The Arts Center (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 318° NW
Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.9 mi, 168° S · 848 acres
Victory Arch (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 072° E
Fluidity (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 073° E
Capture of the Patriot (Registered Battlefield) — 9.0 mi, 037° NE
Skirmish at Waters Creek (Registered Battlefield) — 9.0 mi, 038° NE
Big Barrels (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 052° NE
Oak Tree Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.3 mi, 037° NE
Mariners' Lake (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 033° NE
CinéBistro at Peninsula Town Center (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 055° NE
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.3 mi, 162° S · 228k acres
Hog Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 14.5 mi, 342° N
Red Thread Studio (Gallery) — 14.5 mi, 180° S
Chippokes Plantation State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 332° NW
Hampton Roads Naval Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 087° E
TRADOC Outdoor Stage (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 002° N
Antioch Pines State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 242° SW
F/a-18 (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 094° E
SB Ballard Stadium (Stadium) — 15.9 mi, 102° E
Fort Monroe National Monument (National Monument) — 15.9 mi, 074° E · 122 acres
Barron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries (Arts Centre) — 16.2 mi, 103° E
Generic Theatet (Theatre) — 17.2 mi, 097° E
USS Norfolk Bell (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 111° E
Hunter House Victorian Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 110° E
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Virginia (Marine Protected Area) — 21.5 mi, 026° NE
Dismal Swamp State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 166° S

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