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Batesland South Dakota Map

Explore Batesland, 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 Batesland, South Dakota

How to Use This Batesland, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.129438
Longitude	-102.102097
Population	100
Density	454.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57716
Area Code	605
County Seat	Martin
School District	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1

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About Batesland, South Dakota

Batesland is a locality in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 454.2 people per km². Batesland is located at 43.1294°N, 102.1021°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Batesland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57716.

Batesland anchors itself firmly within the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the South Dakota prairie, where the Little White River carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth just a short distance from the center of the locality. It lies 83.4 miles southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 144°T), and is situated 24.0 miles east-northeast of Pine Ridge. The horizon here is defined by an immense, open sky that shifts from the pale, bruised violet of dawn to a deep, resonant indigo as the light recedes, leaving the long grasses to shiver in the cooling wind. To the west, the distant silhouette of Porcupine Butte rises like a solitary sentinel above the plains, while the low-lying terrain gives way to the subtle, undulating contours of the surrounding range land. On quiet evenings, the air carries a dry, earthen scent, a reminder of the miles of uninterrupted prairie that stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional hawk circling high above the silent, sun-drenched plains.

Batesland maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, deeply rooted in the agricultural rhythms of the Pine Ridge region where cattle ranching and the seasonal cycles of the land dictate the flow of the calendar. The economy remains tethered to the soil and the livestock that move across the wide, fenced allotments, drawing from a history that blends the legacy of the open range with the enduring resilience of the local community. Beyond the immediate town limits, residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Alkali Lake or the more distant reaches of the Shell Lake Wildlife Management Area for a sense of solitude, finding beauty in the rugged, unadorned landscape of the northern plains. There is a distinct, quiet gravity to the way the day concludes in Batesland, as the shadows stretch long across the gravel roads and the collective focus turns toward the hearth, honoring a way of life that values persistence and the slow, honest work of the season.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 274° W
Wounded Knee cemetery (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 274° W
Shell Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 168° S
Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 337° NW
Todd (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 095° E
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.5 mi, 100° E · 33k acres
Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 193° S
AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 192° S
Red Cloud Heritage Center (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 262° W
Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.7 mi, 124° SE
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 31.3 mi, 344° N · 111k acres
Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 212° SW
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 39.3 mi, 001° N · 587k acres
Heritage Center II (Museum) — 42.7 mi, 224° SW
Heritage Center I (Museum) — 42.8 mi, 224° SW
Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.3 mi, 000° N · 62k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 43.3 mi, 010° N
Mari Sandoz Museum (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 187° S
Window (Viewpoint) — 44.4 mi, 011° N
Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 47.5 mi, 012° N
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 47.9 mi, 120° SE · 116k acres
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 49.0 mi, 235° SW · 141k acres
Sunday Matinee (Cinema) — 49.9 mi, 246° SW
Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 54.6 mi, 349° N
Cowboy Artwork (Public Artwork) — 57.4 mi, 274° W
Story of Wounded Knee (Attraction) — 60.0 mi, 353° N
Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 60.4 mi, 238° SW · 6,651 acres
Oglala National Grassland (National Grassland) — 66.5 mi, 257° W · 95k acres
Wind Cave National Park (National Park) — 70.0 mi, 298° NW · 34k acres
Art House (Gallery) — 72.4 mi, 287° W

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