Cherry Creek South Dakota Map

About Cherry Creek, South Dakota

Cherry Creek is a locality in Ziebach County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 282. The population density is 177.3 people per km². Cherry Creek is located at 44.6055°N, 101.4999°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57622.

Cherry Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the South Dakota prairie. It lies 59.0 miles west-northwest of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 287°T), and is situated 58.2 miles west-northwest of Fort Pierre. The land here slopes toward the horizon in long, rhythmic folds of earth, where the golden grasses shiver under the weight of an immense, open sky. To the west, the solitary silhouette of Stony Butte rises from the plains, a silent sentinel watching over the quiet passage of the water. Just beyond the immediate reach of the bank, the landscape deepens into the rugged, shadowed creases of Eagle Chasing Draw, where the wind carries the dry, earthen scent of sage and exposed stone. As the light wanes, the shadows stretch across the terrain, turning the pale prairie into a textured tapestry of amber and deep violet, grounding the traveler in the sheer, unadorned scale of the Great Plains.

History lingers in the quietude of Cherry Creek, echoing the endurance of those who first settled this expansive range to work the soil and tend to the cattle that define the regional economy. Life moves in alignment with the seasonal shifts of the prairie, a rhythm dictated by the demands of ranching and the slow, deliberate pace of rural labor. While the silence of the plains dominates, the proximity to the expansive waters of Lake Oahe provides a rare, wide-reaching horizon, and the nearby presence of Rattlesnake Lake offers a small, still reflection of the clouds above. The community maintains a character forged by isolation and mutual reliance, a place where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared experience of the elements. It is a land that demands patience, rewarding those who stay with the profound, steady stillness that only such an ancient and open country can provide.

About This Cherry Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cherry Creek, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.60554, -101.49987. 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 Cherry Creek includes the ZIP code (57622), telephone area code (605), county seat of Ziebach County (Dupree), and school district assignment (Dupree School District 64-2).

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.