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Allen South Dakota Map

Explore Allen, 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 Allen, South Dakota

How to Use This Allen, South Dakota Map

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

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	Allen
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Bennett County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	43.280828
Longitude	-101.924318
Population	460
Density	54.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57714
Area Code	605
County Seat	Martin
School District	Bennett County School District 03-1

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About Allen, South Dakota

Allen is a locality in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 460. The population density is 54.7 people per km². Allen is located at 43.2808°N, 101.9243°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57714.

Allen occupies a vast expanse of high, windswept prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut as a wire against the pale sky. It lies 81.0 miles southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 135°T), and is situated 36.4 miles east-northeast of Pine Ridge. The land around Allen is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of the grass, which ripples in shades of amber and dust under the heavy, unblinking sun. Only two miles away, Bear-in-the-Lodge Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, a thin vein of seasonal moisture that offers the only respite in an otherwise arid stretch of plains. To the east, the terrain shifts into the subtle, parched geometry of Yellow Bear Canyon, while the distant, solitary silhouette of Snake Butte rises eleven miles away like a silent sentinel watching over the quiet shift of afternoon light into the long, violet shadows of evening.

History clings to the soil here, bearing the weight of a crossroads where the culture of the Lakota people remains the fundamental pulse of the region. Life in Allen turns on the quiet necessity of the land, with an economy tethered to the cycles of ranching and the resilient stewardship of the surrounding plains. While the sparse landscape suggests a profound isolation, the proximity of Todd provides a necessary sanctuary for local flora and fauna, maintaining a fragile balance in the ecosystem. Residents navigating the distance to Deadmans Lake nineteen miles to the north recognize that this environment demands a particular kind of endurance, one that values the stark, unadorned beauty of the plains and the slow, deliberate pace of a life lived beneath such an immense and unforgiving canopy of stars.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Todd (State Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 139° SE
Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 290° W
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.1 mi, 142° SE · 33k acres
Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 246° SW
Wounded Knee cemetery (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 247° SW
Shell Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.0 mi, 192° S
Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.7 mi, 153° SE
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 28.0 mi, 004° N · 587k acres
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 31.2 mi, 360° N · 111k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 32.2 mi, 358° N
Window (Viewpoint) — 33.1 mi, 360° N
Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.6 mi, 348° N · 62k acres
Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 204° SW
Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 36.0 mi, 001° N
AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 203° SW
Red Cloud Heritage Center (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 247° SW
Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 336° NW
Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 215° SW
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 47.4 mi, 137° SE · 116k acres
Wall Drug 80-foot Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 51.2 mi, 342° N
Story of Wounded Knee (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 342° N
Mari Sandoz Museum (Museum) — 56.1 mi, 195° S
Heritage Center II (Museum) — 56.4 mi, 223° SW
Heritage Center I (Museum) — 56.5 mi, 223° SW
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 62.5 mi, 232° SW · 141k acres
Sunday Matinee (Cinema) — 62.6 mi, 241° SW
Chadron State Park (State Park) — 67.3 mi, 235° SW
Mann School (Historic Ruins) — 71.2 mi, 311° NW
Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 73.7 mi, 235° SW · 6,651 acres
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.6 mi, 128° SE · 145k acres

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