Explore Corona, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Corona, 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 Corona.
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 | Corona |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Roberts County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.333852 |
| Longitude | -96.763123 |
| Population | 69 |
| Density | 105.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57227 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Sisseton |
| School District | Wilmot School District 54-7 |
Corona unfolds across the vast, treeless expanse of the northeastern prairie, where the horizon stretches into an infinite line that seems to swallow the sky. It lies 34.6 miles north-northeast of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 30°T), and is situated 10.1 miles northwest of Milbank. The ground here is characterized by a subtle, tectonic patience, shaped by glacial retreat into a landscape of open fields and modest depressions that catch the spring thaw. Two miles to the west, the North Fork Whetstone River traces a quiet path through the soil, its banks often concealed by the tall, swaying grasses that define the regional flora. A short distance away, the Grant County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, their cries often the only sound to break the stillness of a summer dusk, when the light turns a bruised, heavy gold that lingers until the stars claim the firmament.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Corona, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the rise and fall of activity in the fields that surround the settlement. The history of the area is written in the grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the structures that have endured the harsh winters and the relentless, driving winds of the plains. Residents often look toward the distant silhouette of Big Tom Hill, a faint suggestion of elevation seventeen miles away, to gauge the weather patterns moving across the flatlands. For those seeking the quiet presence of water, Bullhead Lake sits six miles to the north, a reliable point of orientation in a geography defined by its immense, uncompromising scale. Life in Corona moves with a deliberate, slow-turning intensity, grounded in the labor of the land and the quiet resilience of those who call these plains their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Corona, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.333852, -96.763123. 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 Corona includes the ZIP code (57227), telephone area code (605), county seat of Roberts County (Sisseton), and school district assignment (Wilmot School District 54-7).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |