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Big Stone City South Dakota Map

Explore Big Stone City, 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 Big Stone City, South Dakota

How to Use This Big Stone City, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Big Stone City, 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 Big Stone City.

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	Big Stone City
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Grant County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.308728
Longitude	-96.472606
Population	412
Density	132.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57216
Area Code	605
County Seat	Milbank
School District	Big Stone City School District 25-1

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About Big Stone City, South Dakota

Big Stone City is a locality in Grant County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 412. The population density is 132.8 people per km². Big Stone City is located at 45.3087°N, 96.4726°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Big Stone City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57216.

Big Stone City emerges from the flat, stubborn expanse of the eastern prairie, where the Whetstone River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 41.8 miles northeast of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 49°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east-northeast of Milbank. The landscape holds a quiet, austere beauty, defined by the low horizons of the plains and the reflective surface of Big Stone Lake, which waits just a mile away to catch the bruised colors of the evening sky. Light here possesses a peculiar quality, sharp and unsparing, illuminating the tall grasses and the sturdy, unassuming structures that define the perimeter of Big Stone City. On the distant western horizon, one might imagine the shadow of the Antelope Hills, though they remain a faint, unreachable memory of high country against the wide, open dome of the sky.

Agriculture dictates the slow, seasonal metabolism of the region, grounding the economy in the patient labor of the soil and the rhythm of the harvest. Historically, the presence of the water and the fertile basin provided a natural anchor for settlement, drawing those who sought a life defined by the reliable turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of distant centers. Residents find recreation and a moment of stillness at Big Stone Lake, where the water acts as a mirror to the changing temperatures of the year. Life in Big Stone City maintains an understated dignity, a persistent adherence to the customs of the plains where the wind carries the scent of dry earth and the distant, cooling promise of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Stone Power Plant Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 191° S
Big Stone Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 028° NE
Kolb Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 142° SE
Big Stone Ponds Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.9 mi, 338° N
Grant County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 299° NW
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 113° SE
Roberts County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 301° NW
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.8 mi, 154° SE · 23k acres
Big Stone Lake State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 348° N
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 230° SW
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 232° SW
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 233° SW
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 232° SW
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 305° NW
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 211° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.9 mi, 070° E · 12k acres
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 147° SE
Samuel J Brown State Monument (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 318° NW
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 116° SE
Barckes Corner (Monument) — 37.0 mi, 165° S
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 090° E
Boyd House (Attraction) — 42.2 mi, 138° SE
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 50.3 mi, 034° NE
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 55.2 mi, 179° S
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.1 mi, 337° NW · 70k acres
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 59.6 mi, 135° SE
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 59.9 mi, 081° E
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 62.0 mi, 043° NE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 62.0 mi, 082° E

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