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Brentford South Dakota Map

Explore Brentford, 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 Brentford, South Dakota

How to Use This Brentford, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.160249
Longitude	-98.32287
Population	88
Density	208.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57429
Area Code	605
County Seat	Redfield
School District	Northwestern Area School District 56-7

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About Brentford, South Dakota

Brentford is a locality in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 208.4 people per km². Brentford is located at 45.1602°N, 98.3229°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brentford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57429.

Brentford marks the quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon stretches flat and unrelenting across the vast, open plains. It lies 22.5 miles south-southeast of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 159°T), and is situated 55.3 miles north of Huron. The landscape surrounding Brentford is defined by the subtle, persistent push of wind against tall grasses and the rhythmic shifts of light that turn the stubble of harvested fields from pale gold to a deep, bruised violet as dusk settles. Three miles to the east, Mud Creek carves a thin, meandering path through the soil, offering a rare break in the expanse where the terrain dips low enough to harbor thicker brush and the occasional shadow of a hawk. Beyond the immediate fields, the far-off silhouette of Doland Ridge provides a faint, jagged anchor to the western view, reminding the observer of the immense distance contained within the state.

Agriculture remains the singular, sturdy pulse of the local economy, with the grain elevators in Brentford acting as the primary sentinels of a trade that has defined the region for generations. Life here moves in concert with the planting and harvest cycles, a pace dictated by the temperament of the climate and the resilience of the prairie soil. Residents often look toward the Spink County Waterfowl Production Area, eleven miles away, as a reminder of the wilder, untouched character of the land that persists despite the orderly grid of nearby farms. While the waters of Alkali Lake lie seventeen miles distant, the presence of water is felt more in the seasonal humidity and the way the air holds the chill of the coming winter. People in Brentford maintain a steady, unadorned existence, finding a peculiar beauty in the stark clarity of a landscape that demands little but requires much from those who call it home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 280° W
Mansfield (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 285° W
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.3 mi, 298° NW
Hansen Preserve (stratford Sl (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 001° N
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 347° N
Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 275° W
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 339° N
North Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 21.7 mi, 286° W
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 339° N
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 22.5 mi, 029° NE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 331° NW
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 001° N · 39k acres
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 44.8 mi, 343° N
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.4 mi, 070° E · 9,262 acres
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 50.4 mi, 054° NE
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 51.7 mi, 032° NE
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 54.9 mi, 174° S
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 55.3 mi, 175° S
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 65.2 mi, 196° S
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 65.4 mi, 198° S
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 67.6 mi, 126° SE
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 74.3 mi, 038° NE
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 74.4 mi, 093° E

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