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Artesian South Dakota Map

Explore Artesian, 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 Artesian, South Dakota

How to Use This Artesian, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.009146
Longitude	-97.920914
Population	129
Density	89.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57314
Area Code	605
County Seat	Woonsocket
School District	Sanborn Central School District 55-5

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About Artesian, South Dakota

Artesian is a locality in Sanborn County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 129. The population density is 89.9 people per km². Artesian is located at 44.0091°N, 97.9209°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Artesian is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57314.

Artesian emerges from the vast, open expanse of the South Dakota prairie as a quiet collection of structures defined by the relentless horizon. It lies 21.4 miles north-northeast of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 15°T), and is situated 28.5 miles south-southeast of Huron. The land here leans into a subtle, undulating rhythm, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, pressing down on the fields with a weight that shifts from a pale, bleached blue at midday to a deep, bruised violet as the sun dips toward Big Mound in the distance. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Jim Creek marks the landscape, its banks lined with the persistent, hardy scrub that anchors the soil against the prairie wind. A few miles further, the stillness of Morris Lake mirrors the heavy clouds, offering a brief, glassy interruption to the otherwise rhythmic stretch of wheat and pasture that defines the region.

Artesian persists as a testament to the agricultural ambition that first drew settlers to these plains, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The rhythm of daily life is dictated by the turning of the seasons, as grain trucks and heavy machinery serve as the primary pulse of the local industry. To the east, the Redstone SCA offers a protected glimpse of the native grasses that once dominated this entire stretch of the state, serving as a rare, preserved memory of the landscape before the plow. In the quiet evenings, when the hum of tractors fades, the air carries a crisp, clean clarity, and the people of Artesian move with a deliberate, grounded pace that honors the immense, silent persistence of the land surrounding them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Redstone (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 346° N
Morris Lake (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 129° SE
Miner County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 107° E
Rifle-calahan (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 340° N
Twin Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 102° E
Hanson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.3 mi, 158° S
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 18.5 mi, 197° S
Flame of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 197° S
The Kiwanis Woodlot Monument (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 196° S
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 20.8 mi, 194° S
Home of the Second Corn Palace (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 194° S
Davison County Memorial (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 194° S
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 194° S
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 192° S
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.0 mi, 318° NW · 484 acres
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 328° NW
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 090° E
Prairie Village (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 090° E
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 41.2 mi, 294° NW
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 44.3 mi, 294° NW
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 52.7 mi, 193° S
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.3 mi, 205° SW · 2,043 acres
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 59.3 mi, 069° E
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 67.3 mi, 118° SE
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 67.4 mi, 118° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 67.4 mi, 118° SE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 71.5 mi, 170° S

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