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Alcester South Dakota Map

Explore Alcester, South 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 Alcester, South Dakota

How to Use This Alcester, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alcester, South 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 South 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 Alcester.

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	Alcester
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Union County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.021378
Longitude	-96.630871
Population	820
Density	435.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57001
Area Code	605
County Seat	Elk Point
School District	Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1

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About Alcester, South Dakota

Alcester is a locality in Union County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 820. The population density is 435.5 people per km². Alcester is located at 43.0214°N, 96.6309°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alcester is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57001.

Alcester emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the South Dakota prairie as a quiet intersection of sky and soil. It lies 22.5 miles northeast of Vermillion, SD (from Vermillion, SD: bearing 42°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-northwest of Hawarden. The horizon here is a flat, unyielding line, broken only by the silhouettes of grain elevators that catch the violet bruises of a setting sun. To the east, the landscape dips toward the quiet, meandering path of East Brule Creek, where the earth holds a deeper, cooler moisture beneath the tall grasses. In the distance, the gentle rise of Spirit Mound marks the edge of the visible world, a reminder of the ancient, glacial geography that shaped these plains long before the first fence lines were drawn. The air carries the scent of dry earth and impending weather, a constant, shifting presence that defines the rhythm of the days.

Alcester retains the earnest, industrious character of its agricultural roots, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the resilience of the local farmstead. The rhythm of daily life is measured by the slow turn of machinery and the steady commerce of a main street that serves the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Petry Harmelink, a local refuge that offers a glimpse of the region’s native flora and the stillness of the open country. There is a particular clarity to the light in these parts, a brightness that renders the colors of the barns and the shadows of the silos with a startling, almost archival sharpness. It is a place where the history of the frontier remains a quiet neighbor to the modern business of cultivation, grounded in the simple, enduring fact of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Petry Harmelink (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 116° SE
Big Sioux Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 109° E
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 097° E
Big Sioux Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 072° E
Oak Grove State Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 072° E
Union Grove (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 228° SW
Dick and Gertrude Havelaar (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 228° SW
Doorenbos-Ford Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 153° SE
Watershed Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 025° NE
Newton Hills (State Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 009° N
Canton Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 19.9 mi, 006° N
Canton Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 21.6 mi, 011° N
Corps of Discovery (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 223° SW
Inwood Iowa Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 027° NE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 22.1 mi, 222° SW
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 22.6 mi, 222° SW
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 173° S
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 223° SW
Union County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 188° S
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 23.3 mi, 080° E
Sioux Center Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 080° E
TePaske Theatre (Theatre) — 23.9 mi, 079° E
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 24.2 mi, 188° S
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 24.7 mi, 221° SW
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 193° S
Historic School Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 018° N
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 26.6 mi, 217° SW · 870 acres
Bluff Overlook (Viewpoint) — 26.6 mi, 217° SW
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 206° SW
Plymouth County Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 124° SE

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