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Anderson South Dakota Map

Explore Anderson, 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 Anderson, South Dakota

How to Use This Anderson, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.514867
Longitude	-96.624684
Population	388
Density	195.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57110
Area Code	605
County Seat	Sioux Falls
School District	Brandon Valley School District 49-2

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About Anderson, South Dakota

Anderson is a locality in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 388. The population density is 195.6 people per km². Anderson is located at 43.5149°N, 96.6247°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57110.

Anderson occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth beneath it. It lies 4.5 miles east-southeast of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 123°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-southwest of Brandon. The ground here is defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Big Sioux River, which traces a winding path through the soil just a mile from the center of town. To the east, the Gitchie Manitou State Preserve offers a rare outcropping of ancient pink quartzite, a stubborn reminder of the deep geological time that shaped this prairie. The air in Anderson is often crisp, carrying the scent of dry grass and the faint, mineral sharpness of the river, while the light at dusk turns the fields into a flat, bruised purple that feels both infinite and profoundly solitary.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Anderson, with grain silos punctuating the skyline like sentinels guarding the rhythm of the harvest. Families have worked these sections of land for generations, their lives governed by the seasonal turn of planting and the heavy, golden stillness of late summer. While the modern world moves at a different pace, the proximity to Arrowhead provides a managed space for the local wildlife to thrive undisturbed by the machinery of the farms. Farther out, the distant silhouette of Canton Mounds rises against the skyline, a subtle shift in the terrain that breaks the monotony of the plains. Life in Anderson is measured in the slow accumulation of days, a quiet endurance that finds its beauty in the unchanging honesty of the horizon and the reliable, cold clarity of the winter sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Arrowhead (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 031° NE
East Quartzite Ridge (Viewpoint) — 1.1 mi, 053° NE
Mary Jo Wegner (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 045° NE
Harmodon (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 265° W
Gitchie Manitou State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 128° SE
Blood Run National Historic Landmark Area Tcf Tract (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 140° SE
Frank Olson (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 302° NW
Blood Run (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 161° S
Big Sioux (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 014° N
Hope Stones (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 286° W
JK Gallery (Gallery) — 5.4 mi, 295° NW
Eastbank Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.4 mi, 295° NW
Sioux Falls State Theatre (Theatre) — 5.5 mi, 292° W
Rehfeld's Art & Framing (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 293° NW
Radio Station KSOO (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 292° W
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 5.6 mi, 292° W
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 5.6 mi, 292° W
Sioux Empire Community Theatre (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 295° NW
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 296° NW
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 297° NW
Old Yankton Trail Stone Marker (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 282° W
The Dubuque House Historical Marker (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 302° NW
Pettigrew Home & Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 293° NW
West Mall 7 Theaters (Cinema) — 6.5 mi, 269° W
Historic School Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 139° SE
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 023° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.7 mi, 032° NE · 12k acres
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 060° NE
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 025° NE

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