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Bruce South Dakota Map

Explore Bruce, 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 Bruce, South Dakota

How to Use This Bruce, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.438023
Longitude	-96.890059
Population	210
Density	219.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57220
Area Code	605
County Seat	Brookings
School District	Sioux Valley School District 05-5

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About Bruce, South Dakota

Bruce is a locality in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 210. The population density is 219.1 people per km². Bruce is located at 44.4380°N, 96.8901°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bruce is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57220.

Bruce emerges from the vast, open expanse of the eastern prairie, a place defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Big Sioux River winding its course just beyond the outer fields. It lies 9.9 miles north-northwest of Brookings, SD (from Brookings, SD: bearing 333°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-northeast of Volga. The horizon here is wide and unencumbered, where the sky claims the greater portion of the view, shifting through pale shades of wheat and violet as the sun retreats. To the west, the distant profile of The Coteaus haunts the skyline, a faint, serrated edge against the clouds that reminds the traveler of the shifting geological tides that formed the Coteau des Prairies. The land itself is a study in patience, characterized by flat, fertile stretches that yield to the subtle, undulating swells of the soil, while the nearby Oakwood Game Production Area and the quiet, reflective waters of Lake Oakwood provide a sanctuary for the wilder, uncultivated elements of the plains.

History here is written in the furrows of the earth and the enduring resilience of those who cultivate the heavy, dark loam. Bruce functions as a quiet nexus for the surrounding agricultural economy, where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of harvest, rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. The community maintains a character of understated industry, where the local grain elevators stand as sentinels over a landscape that has long favored the steady hand of the farmer over the fleeting trends of the modern world. Life in Bruce moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, echoing the quiet persistence of the riverbanks and the enduring, quiet beauty of a region that asks little of the world beyond a season of sufficient rain and the steady labor of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oakwood Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 284° W
Oakwood Lakes Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 275° W
Brookings County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 226° SW
Moe Slough (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 293° NW
Go Kart Track & Archery Range (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 145° SE
Touchdown Jesus (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 152° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 9.7 mi, 153° SE
Hamlin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.0 mi, 325° NW
Lake Poinsett (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 308° NW
Open Space (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 150° SE
Saaranen Beach (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 320° NW
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 302° NW
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 302° NW
Madison Veterans Honor Park (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 200° S
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 205° SW
Prairie Village (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 205° SW
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 058° NE
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 36.9 mi, 338° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.8 mi, 136° SE · 12k acres
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 40.1 mi, 136° SE · 302 acres
Spotted Quarry (Viewpoint) — 40.5 mi, 136° SE
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 40.9 mi, 136° SE
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 006° N
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 54.4 mi, 089° E
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 55.0 mi, 160° S
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 56.3 mi, 180° S
Boyd House (Attraction) — 56.3 mi, 059° NE
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.2 mi, 023° NE · 23k acres
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 61.7 mi, 172° S
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 61.8 mi, 172° S

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