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Brant Lake South Dakota Map

Explore Brant Lake, 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 Brant Lake, South Dakota

How to Use This Brant Lake, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.930932
Longitude	-96.944473
Population	56
Density	139.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57016
Area Code	605
County Seat	Madison
School District	Chester School District 39-1

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About Brant Lake, South Dakota

Brant Lake is a locality in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 139.5 people per km². Brant Lake is located at 43.9309°N, 96.9445°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brant Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57016.

Brant Lake asserts itself upon the expansive, open plains where the horizon stretches toward a thin, pale line of sky. It lies 27.3 miles south-southwest of Brookings, SD (from Brookings, SD: bearing 195°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-southeast of Madison. The land around Brant Lake is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of the prairie, a terrain of grasses that turn from vibrant emerald to a brittle, sun-bleached gold as the seasons transition. To the west, the landscape is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Macey Hill, while closer to the center of the terrain, the water of Round Lake holds the mirror of the clouds. Skunk Creek meanders through the lowlands, carving a patient, winding path through the soil that has sustained this territory long before the first homesteaders arrived to claim the earth.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the economy, with vast fields of corn and soybeans creating a patchwork quilt that changes color with the cycle of the frost. Brandt Lake, a SREC, offers a quiet expanse of protected land where the local flora and fauna thrive, removed from the mechanical hum of modern industry. Life in Brant Lake follows the deliberate pace of the harvest, marked by the persistent, dry winds that ripple through the stalks and carry the scent of turned earth. The people here maintain a quiet connection to the geography, their routines dictated by the shifting quality of light that, at dusk, turns the entire region into a vast, glowing field of amber and violet, rendering the familiar landscape entirely new.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brandt Lake (State Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 257° W
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd (Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 059° NE
Buffalo Slough (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 180° S
Wentworth (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 010° N
Walkers Point Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 290° W
Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 197° S
Fireman Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 061° NE
Madison Veterans Honor Park (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 299° NW
Prairie Village (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 295° NW
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 295° NW
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 21.4 mi, 173° S
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 124° SE
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 128° SE
The Amidon Affair (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 155° SE
Minnehaha County Pioneers Memorial (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 155° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 27.3 mi, 015° N
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 27.9 mi, 096° E
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 28.3 mi, 158° S
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 157° SE
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 158° S
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 28.4 mi, 158° S
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 28.4 mi, 157° SE
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 28.4 mi, 158° S
Eastbank Art Gallery (Gallery) — 28.7 mi, 157° SE
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 28.8 mi, 158° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 108° E · 12k acres
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 30.9 mi, 080° E · 302 acres
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 39.8 mi, 113° SE

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