Buffalo Gap South Dakota Map

About Buffalo Gap, South Dakota

Buffalo Gap is a locality in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 131. The population density is 165.3 people per km². Buffalo Gap is located at 43.4916°N, 103.3130°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Buffalo Gap is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57722.

Buffalo Gap occupies a quiet stretch of high prairie where the relentless wind shapes the tall grass into shivering waves of amber and gray. It lies 40.9 miles south of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 186°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-northeast of Hot Springs. Beaver Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with cottonwoods that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. To the west, the silhouette of Unkpapa Peak provides a jagged punctuation mark against the vast, cloud-swept sky, while the eroded earth of Calico Canyon reveals layers of mineral-rich soil that glow with muted, earthen pigments. This landscape feels ancient and unadorned, a place where the horizon stretches long enough to swallow the sound of a passing truck, leaving only the dry rustle of the plains and the occasional hawk circling in the thermal heat.

Buffalo Gap emerged from the currents of frontier expansion, serving as a waypoint for those navigating the rugged intersections of the Great Plains. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, defined by the steady, demanding labor of ranching and the cyclical requirements of dryland agriculture. Visitors drawn to the region often find themselves drifting toward the Buffalo Gap to observe the stark, geologic integrity of the terrain, or traveling toward the Angostura Reservoir when the summer sun demands the cooling presence of water. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season, reflecting a heritage built on endurance and an intimate, often silent, understanding of the prairie’s expansive, unforgiving beauty.

About This Buffalo Gap Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buffalo Gap, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.49165, -103.312975. 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 Buffalo Gap includes the ZIP code (57722), telephone area code (605), county seat of Custer County (Custer), and school district assignment (Hot Springs School District 23-2).

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.