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Chelsea South Dakota Map

Explore Chelsea, 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 Chelsea, South Dakota

How to Use This Chelsea, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.168586
Longitude	-98.739546
Population	19
Density	23.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57465
Area Code	605
County Seat	Faulkton
School District	Northwestern Area School District 56-7

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About Chelsea, South Dakota

Chelsea is a locality in Faulk County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 19. The population density is 23.1 people per km². Chelsea is located at 45.1686°N, 98.7395°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chelsea is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57465.

Chelsea exists as a quiet confluence of golden grasses and wide, unshadowed horizons, where the prairie stretches toward an infinite sky. It lies 23.9 miles south-southwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 211°T), and is situated 81.5 miles west-northwest of Watertown. The earth here is defined by the gentle, persistent rise of the plains, a land where the wind carries the scent of dry soil and ripened wheat across the open expanse. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Perry Creek trace a path through the fields, offering a thin ribbon of moisture to the thirsty landscape. To the north, the Scatterwood Lake provides a sanctuary of reeds and stillness, acting as a gathering place for the migratory birds that mark the turning of the seasons. On the furthest reaches of the horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Bald Mountains emerges against the sunset, a distant reminder of the rugged terrain that lies far beyond these flat, productive miles.

Chelsea holds the quiet dignity of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest. The town serves as a sturdy anchor for the surrounding agricultural life, where the local identity is shaped by the resilience required to thrive in the heart of the Great Plains. Families have long worked these fields, transforming the raw expanse of the prairie into a patchwork of productive grain and pasture that defines the livelihood of the region. Life in Chelsea moves in harmony with the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by the sight of heavy machinery moving across the landscape during the autumn harvest and the deep, silent blanket of winter snow. Near the banks of South Scatterwood Lake, the land remains a testament to a simpler, grounded way of existing, where the primary concerns are the health of the crop and the shifting colors of the prairie grass under the high, clear sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 341° N
Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 067° NE
Faulk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 360° N
Bierman (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 056° NE
North Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 353° N
Mansfield (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 075° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 033° NE
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 031° NE
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 038° NE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 013° N
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 36.6 mi, 058° NE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 031° NE · 39k acres
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 42.7 mi, 009° N
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 61.0 mi, 156° SE
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 61.2 mi, 154° SE
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 62.6 mi, 180° S
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 63.4 mi, 177° S
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 64.4 mi, 048° NE
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.2 mi, 159° S · 484 acres
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 67.6 mi, 064° NE
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 73.4 mi, 339° N
State Game Production Area (National Conservation Area) — 79.7 mi, 232° SW · 150 acres

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