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Camp Crook South Dakota Map

Explore Camp Crook, 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 Camp Crook, South Dakota

How to Use This Camp Crook, South Dakota Map

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

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.

CityCamp Crook
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyHarding County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude45.550273
Longitude-103.974656
Population60
Density166.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code57724
Area Code605
County SeatBuffalo
School DistrictHarding County School District 31-1

About Camp Crook, South Dakota

Camp Crook is a locality in Harding County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 166.7 people per km². Camp Crook is located at 45.5503°N, 103.9747°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Camp Crook is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57724.

Camp Crook anchors itself upon the arid, high-plains threshold where the Little Missouri River carves a serpentine path through the sediment of the earth. It lies 73.4 miles north of Spearfish, SD (from Spearfish, SD: bearing 356°T), and is situated 82.0 miles north-northwest of Sturgis. The horizon here is dominated by the stark, weathered silhouette of Battle Ridge, a jagged spine that defines the western sky and catches the long, amber light of late afternoon. Deep within the folds of the landscape, Hoag Coal Mine Draw serves as a reminder of the shifting geological forces that shaped this terrain, while the broader expanse of Custer National Forest provides a quiet, timbered backdrop to the open prairie. The air carries the scent of sagebrush and dry grass, a thin, crisp atmosphere that clarifies the edges of the distant, sun-bleached outcrops.

Camp Crook emerged from the raw necessity of the frontier, evolving from a rough-hewn outpost into a center for the resilient cattle ranching that defines the local economy to this day. Life here moves to the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the movement of herds and the temperamental grace of the clouds. While Cundy Reservoir waits five miles away as a still, reflective mirror in the dry landscape, the true character of the region remains tied to the hard-won independence of those who work the soil and graze the land. The legacy of the early settlers persists in the sturdy, weathered architecture and the quiet, stoic demeanor of a place that asks little of the world beyond the endurance of its fences and the seasonal promise of rain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 180° S · 1.2M acres
  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 258° W
  • Capitol Rock National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 5.1 mi, 281° W · 240 acres
  • Mallula (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 042° NE
  • Snow Creek Mineral Material Site Mineral Reserve Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 300° NW
  • Gardner Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 074° E
  • Finger Buttes Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 24.0 mi, 229° SW
  • Terminal Monument, North Dakota South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 27.5 mi, 353° N
  • The Castles National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 38.1 mi, 092° E · 947 acres
  • Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 51.2 mi, 005° N · 1.0M acres
  • Bowman (Attraction) — 53.1 mi, 032° NE
  • Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 55.1 mi, 199° S · 1.3M acres
  • Winkler School (Historic Ruins) — 56.7 mi, 157° SE
  • O'Fallon Historical Museum (Museum) — 57.8 mi, 346° N
  • Grand River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.8 mi, 068° E · 155k acres
  • Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.0 mi, 025° NE · 1,276 acres
  • Geographic Center of the Nation Monument (Monument) — 60.8 mi, 174° S
  • Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 60.8 mi, 174° S
  • Paolo Adventures (Attraction) — 61.7 mi, 175° S
  • Snoma School (Historic Ruins) — 63.9 mi, 167° S
  • Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum (Museum) — 69.8 mi, 265° W
  • Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 69.8 mi, 264° W
  • Earl's Taxidermy Museum (Museum) — 72.9 mi, 091° E
  • Anna Carr Homestead (Attraction) — 72.9 mi, 091° E
  • Scenic view - Devil's Tower (Viewpoint) — 76.7 mi, 207° SW

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About This Camp Crook Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Camp Crook, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.550273, -103.974656. 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 Camp Crook includes the ZIP code (57724), telephone area code (605), county seat of Harding County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Harding County School District 31-1).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.