Enter your search query in the box below.

Central City South Dakota Map

Explore Central City, 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 Central City, South Dakota

How to Use This Central City, South Dakota Map

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

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	Central City
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Lawrence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	44.365818
Longitude	-103.772421
Population	93
Density	242.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57754
Area Code	605
County Seat	Deadwood
School District	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1

🌦 Goto Central City Weather Page: Central City, South Dakota — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Central City, South Dakota

Central City is a locality in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 93. The population density is 242.6 people per km². Central City is located at 44.3658°N, 103.7724°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Central City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57754.

Central City occupies a narrow, rugged crease in the earth where the steep walls of Sawpit Gulch rise abruptly to meet the sky. It lies 9.6 miles south-southeast of Spearfish, SD (from Spearfish, SD: bearing 154°T), and is situated 1.0 miles north-northwest of Lead. Deadwood Creek carves a persistent path through the center of this landscape, its waters cold and hurried as they navigate the rocky debris of a terrain defined by the nearby Black Hills. In the late afternoon, the shadows lengthen prematurely across the valley floor, turning the pine-dusted slopes into deep shades of violet and slate. The air here holds a crisp, metallic edge, a reminder of the altitude and the proximity of the high ridges that loom five miles to the west. Residents walking toward Miners Avenue Park often pause to watch the light fade, observing how the sun catches the jagged edges of the surrounding geology before slipping behind the silhouettes of the timberline.

History clings to Central City like moss to the damp stones of the creek bed, a legacy born from the frantic search for gold that once drew thousands to these hills. While the clamor of the nineteenth-century boom has long since quieted, the remnants of that era persist in the uneven topography and the quiet, deliberate pace of the current economy. Unlike the larger, bustling settlements nearby, Central City maintains a modest, unassuming character, functioning as a place where the work of the present is still heavily informed by the foundations of the past. Those seeking a broader horizon might venture toward the Big Hill Ski Trail for a view of the expansive landscape, while others find solace in the stillness of Woodville Lake, located only five miles away. Life here moves in rhythm with the seasons, from the thawing of the frozen creek banks in spring to the quiet, heavy snows that eventually silence the valley, leaving Central City to endure in the shadow of the peaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Manuel Brothers Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 152° SE
Gold Run Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 132° SE
Broken Boot Gold Mine (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 077° E
Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 1.6 mi, 022° N · 1.3M acres
Adams Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 072° E
U.S.S. Maine Memorial (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 077° E
Ziolkowski - a bust of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 072° E
Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 073° E
Seth Bullock's Grave (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 073° E
76 Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 064° NE
Whitewood Creek Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 064° NE
Beilage Hepler Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 342° N
State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 255° W
Pull out (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 268° W
Stolen Kiss Apartments (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 045° NE
Sturgis Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 100° E · 1,073 acres
Klondike School (Historic Ruins) — 12.2 mi, 261° W
Sturgis Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 073° E
Fort Meade Recreation Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.7 mi, 088° E
Bear Butte Lake Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 071° E
Snoma School (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 011° N
Crook County Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 275° W
Pronghorn (Public Artwork) — 30.7 mi, 128° SE
Fine Arts Theater (Theatre) — 33.2 mi, 125° SE
Suzie Cappa Art Center (Gallery) — 33.3 mi, 126° SE
Main Street Square Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 33.4 mi, 126° SE
Apex Gallery (Gallery) — 34.5 mi, 126° SE
Museum of Geology (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 126° SE
Black Elk Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.1 mi, 160° S · 14k acres
Thunder Basin National Grassland (National Grassland) — 36.9 mi, 240° SW · 553k acres

Latest News: Central City

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News