Explore Bijou Hills, 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 Bijou Hills, 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 Bijou Hills.
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 | Bijou Hills |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Brule County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.528479 |
| Longitude | -99.143858 |
| Population | 2 |
| Density | 0.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 57369 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Chamberlain |
| School District | Kimball School District 07-2 |
Bijou Hills rises from the prairie floor like a weathered spine of earth, its namesake range defining the horizon with ridges that catch the long, honeyed light of late afternoon. It lies 57.6 miles west-southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 257°T), and is situated 22.2 miles south-southeast of Chamberlain. These elevations stand as a quiet sentinel over the surrounding plains, where the persistent prairie wind carries the scent of dry grass and deep, undisturbed soil. Barely a mile away, the gentle currents of Snake Creek trace a path through the lowlands, providing a vital artery of moisture that sustains the thickets of brush and the occasional stand of hardy trees. The air here feels thin and bright, possessing a crystalline clarity that makes the distant, rolling topography appear close enough to touch, especially when the sun begins its descent behind the peaks.
History clings to the slopes of Bijou Hills, where the legacy of early homesteaders remains etched into the rugged character of the land and the endurance of its modest, working-class economy. Agriculture dominates the local rhythm, with expansive fields yielding to the grazing of cattle that find shelter in the rugged folds of the terrain. Residents often venture toward the proximity of Hoover, a SCA, to observe the untamed flora and fauna that thrive in the quietude of the protected landscape. Only four miles away, the quiet surface of America Lake serves as a reflective mirror for the expansive sky, offering a place of stillness that complements the steady, industrious pace of those who make their living upon this ancient, enduring plateau.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bijou Hills, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.528479, -99.143858. 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 Bijou Hills includes the ZIP code (57369), telephone area code (605), county seat of Brule County (Chamberlain), and school district assignment (Kimball School District 07-2).
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. |