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Clear Lake South Dakota Map

Explore Clear Lake, 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 Clear Lake, South Dakota

How to Use This Clear Lake, South Dakota Map

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

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	Clear Lake
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Deuel County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.75629
Longitude	-96.690239
Population	1,218
Density	155.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	57247, 57226
Area Code	605
County Seat	Clear Lake
School District	Deuel School District 19-4

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About Clear Lake, South Dakota

Clear Lake is a locality in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,218. The population density is 155.2 people per km². Clear Lake is located at 44.7563°N, 96.6902°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clear Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 57247, 57226.

Clear Lake emerges from the expansive horizon as a cluster of quiet industry and residential grids anchored firmly against the vast, open sky of the high prairie. It lies 23.7 miles east-southeast of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 116°T), and is situated 30.6 miles north of Brookings. The land here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, where the dark, rich soil of the plains is punctuated by the steady, rhythmic movement of wind across grain fields. Only a mile away, the water of Clear Lake holds the reflection of the clouds, a cool, still presence that moderates the dry heat of the summer afternoons. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Antelope Hills suggest the reach of the distant landscape, yet the immediate world remains intimate, defined by the slow, deliberate progression of the seasons and the persistent, rustling life of Hidewood Creek as it carves its path through the tall grasses.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Clear Lake, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the calendar and the focus of the local economy. The community maintains a steady, industrious character, built upon a heritage of resilience that honors the labor required to coax a living from the prairie earth. Nearby, the Deuel County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life, preserving a stretch of wilder, uncultivated terrain that contrasts with the orderly rows of the surrounding farms. Life in Clear Lake moves with a grounded, practical grace, where the conversations at the center of the grid are as predictable and comforting as the long, golden shadows that stretch across the plains when the sun begins its descent behind the western edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sutton (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 010° N
Lake Ketchum (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 013° N
Deuel County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 116° SE
Crystal Springs Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 050° NE
Mud Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 085° E
Coteau Lakes Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 340° N
Barckes Corner (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 083° E
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 099° E
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 20.7 mi, 145° SE
Saaranen Beach (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 240° SW
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 347° N
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 298° NW
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 007° N
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 245° SW
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 28.4 mi, 245° SW
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 054° NE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 31.1 mi, 190° S
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 32.1 mi, 005° N
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 005° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.7 mi, 126° SE · 12k acres
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.1 mi, 022° N · 23k acres
Boyd House (Attraction) — 39.2 mi, 080° E
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 019° N
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 44.6 mi, 002° N
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 52.7 mi, 094° E
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 54.8 mi, 160° S
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 64.0 mi, 124° SE
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 69.9 mi, 120° SE

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