Explore Astoria, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Astoria, 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 Astoria.
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 | Astoria |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Deuel County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.558297 |
| Longitude | -96.547273 |
| Population | 132 |
| Density | 324.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57213 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Clear Lake |
| School District | Deubrook School District 05-6 |
Astoria emerges from the vast, open prairie as a quiet collection of structures anchored firmly to the earth. It lies 21.1 miles northeast of Brookings, SD (from Brookings, SD: bearing 36°T), and is situated 24.8 miles northeast of Volga. The horizon here is defined by a low, expansive sky that shifts in color from pale amber to deep indigo as the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Antelope Hills. Within the immediate landscape, the land carries a subtle, rhythmic swell, offering a sense of permanence that contrasts with the fluid movement of the tall grasses. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Oak Lake reflect the changing seasons, while the modest flow of Cobb Creek traces a path through the surrounding fields. The designated Astoria preserves a fragment of this native ecosystem, where the air smells faintly of dry soil and curing hay, grounding the visitor in the immediate, unadorned reality of the Great Plains.
Astoria maintains a character forged by the steady cycles of agriculture, where the daily pace is dictated by the requirements of the harvest and the temperament of the climate. The history of the region is written in the resilient lines of grain elevators and the sturdy construction of local buildings, which serve as functional monuments to the generations who broke the sod and established a life here. Economic activity remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, with the community functioning as a vital node in a broader network of cultivation and trade. Life in Astoria moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, avoiding the frantic urgency found elsewhere, favoring instead the quiet satisfaction of work completed and the deep, communal stillness that settles over the plains once the evening chores are finished.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Astoria, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.558297, -96.547273. 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 Astoria includes the ZIP code (57213), telephone area code (605), county seat of Deuel County (Clear Lake), and school district assignment (Deubrook School District 05-6).
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. |