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Bowdle South Dakota Map

Explore Bowdle, 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 Bowdle, South Dakota

How to Use This Bowdle, South Dakota Map

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

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	Bowdle
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Edmunds County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.453038
Longitude	-99.654007
Population	470
Density	283.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57428
Area Code	605
County Seat	Ipswich
School District	Bowdle School District 22-1

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About Bowdle, South Dakota

Bowdle is a locality in Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 470. The population density is 283.5 people per km². Bowdle is located at 45.4530°N, 99.6540°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bowdle is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57428.

Bowdle commands a vast, open horizon where the prairie sky stretches wide and low, pressing against the earth with an immense, quiet weight. It lies 56.6 miles west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 270°T), and is situated 37.9 miles east of Mobridge. Golden grasses sway in the relentless wind, their stalks shivering in the rhythmic pulse of the plains. A mile away, the Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the light at dusk catches the silvered reeds, turning the shallow basins into mirrors of burnished copper. Swan Lake Creek winds its narrow, deliberate path through the landscape four miles distant, carving a subtle depression into the soil that nourishes the hardy flora of the basin. Seven miles out, the waters of Horseshoe Lake settle into the ground, a calm, landlocked presence that punctuates the solitude of the surrounding fields.

Bowdle bears the marks of a frontier heritage, forged by those who saw potential in the stubborn, fertile loam of the northern plains. The local economy remains tethered to this soil, driven by the turning seasons of harvest and the patient labor of agriculture that dictates the pace of every passing day. Grain elevators rise like monoliths against the clouds, serving as the primary architecture of a region defined by its yield and its resilience. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned gravity, where the clarity of the morning air reveals a world stripped of pretense, leaving only the honest work of the land and the endurance of a people who have claimed this expanse as their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 019° N
Heilman (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 026° NE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 257° W
Walworth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 259° W
Bowdle-hosmer (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 352° N
Swan Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 214° SW
Lake Oahe (Recreation Area) — 29.6 mi, 257° W
Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 29.8 mi, 251° W
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 38.2 mi, 278° W
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 280° W
Sitting Bull Monument (Monument) — 40.5 mi, 277° W
Sakakawea Monument (Monument) — 40.6 mi, 276° W
Leavenworth Battle (Monument) — 41.2 mi, 282° W
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 50.3 mi, 083° E
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 51.8 mi, 020° N
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 56.5 mi, 089° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 56.8 mi, 090° E
Beaver Lake State Park (State Park) — 65.4 mi, 001° N
Logan County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.3 mi, 007° N · 326 acres
Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.1 mi, 328° NW · 329 acres
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 75.5 mi, 090° E
Turtle Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 78.8 mi, 206° SW
Snake Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 78.9 mi, 206° SW

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