Ashton South Dakota Map
Explore Ashton, 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 Ashton, South Dakota
How to Use This Ashton, South Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ashton, 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 Ashton.
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 | Ashton |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Spink County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.994975 |
| Longitude | -98.497872 |
| Population | 108 |
| Density | 95.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57424 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Redfield |
| School District | Northwestern Area School District 56-7 |
About Ashton, South Dakota
Ashton is a locality in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 108. The population density is 95.2 people per km². Ashton is located at 44.9950°N, 98.4979°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ashton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57424.Ashton stretches across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 32.5 miles south of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 181°T), and is situated 45.8 miles north-northwest of Huron.
Sunlight here has a particular, crystalline quality, turning the prairie grasses into a sea of pale gold that shimmers under the relentless weight of the clouds. A mile to the west, the James River cuts a slow, deliberate path through the silt, providing a quiet rhythm to the landscape that defines the local pace. During the colder months, the air grows sharp and thin, leaving the distant outline of Doland Ridge to sharpen against the gray light of a winter dusk. Those who move through the fields often find themselves drawn toward the Spink County Waterfowl Production Area, where the seasonal migration of birds brings a sudden, frantic vitality to the otherwise still plains.
Ashton serves as a testament to the endurance of those who settled this soil, built upon the necessity of the harvest and the reliable yield of the surrounding farmland. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of agriculture, with grain elevators acting as the primary sentinels of the skyline, marking the point where the labor of the season is gathered and measured. While the nearby Lake Redfield offers a place for reflection and the cooling respite of water, life in Ashton is defined by the steady, cyclical nature of the growing year. There is a profound honesty in the way the local streets meet the open country, where the history of the region is not found in grand monuments, but in the persistent, quiet work of maintaining a life in the wide-open expanse of the plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 241° SW
- Wagner (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 129° SE
- Fisher Grove (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 137° SE
- Price Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 300° NW
- Faulk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 264° W
- Twin Lakes + Diversion (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 187° S
- Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 31.6 mi, 001° N
- Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 007° N
- Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 001° N
- Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 36.7 mi, 032° NE
- Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 37.7 mi, 351° N
- World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 45.6 mi, 161° S
- Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 163° S
- Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.9 mi, 011° N · 39k acres
- Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 52.0 mi, 193° S
- Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 52.1 mi, 190° S
- Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 54.4 mi, 355° N
- Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.8 mi, 063° NE · 9,262 acres
- South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 64.2 mi, 050° NE
- Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 65.9 mi, 033° NE
- Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 69.3 mi, 114° SE
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About This Ashton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashton, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.994975, -98.497872. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Ashton includes the ZIP code (57424), telephone area code (605), county seat of Spink County (Redfield), and school district assignment (Northwestern Area School District 56-7).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
