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Cresbard South Dakota Map

Explore Cresbard, 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 Cresbard, South Dakota

How to Use This Cresbard, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.169974
Longitude	-98.948442
Population	96
Density	89.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57435
Area Code	605
County Seat	Faulkton
School District	Northwestern Area School District 56-7

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About Cresbard, South Dakota

Cresbard is a locality in Faulk County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 96. The population density is 89.3 people per km². Cresbard is located at 45.1700°N, 98.9484°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cresbard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57435.

Cresbard occupies a quiet expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that shifts from pale turquoise to a bruised, heavy violet at dusk. It lies 30.3 miles southwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 228°T), and is situated 91.4 miles west-northwest of Watertown. The land here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal patience, broken only by the rhythmic rise and fall of the terrain and the subtle, winding presence of North Fork Snake Creek, which flows just a mile from the center of the settlement. In the distance, the landscape offers little in the way of sharp verticality, save for the faint, elusive silhouette of Sugar Loaf Hill rising twenty miles away to anchor the view. The air carries the dry, clean scent of cured grasses, and the light in the late afternoon possesses a clarity that renders every fence post and grain bin with an almost architectural precision, casting long, lean shadows across the earth.

Cresbard maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by an economy that remains deeply tethered to the cycles of the soil and the seasonal demands of agriculture. The history of the place is etched into the modest, sturdy structures that dot the grid, reflecting a lineage of labor and resilience that defined the settlement of these open reaches. While the bustle of larger centers remains distant, the natural world provides a quiet respite; residents often look toward the nearby Scatterwood Lake, a designated wildlife area nine miles away, as a place where the stillness of the prairie is mirrored in the calm surface of South Scatterwood Lake. Life in Cresbard moves in accordance with the turning of the crops and the harsh, honest beauty of the changing seasons, sustaining a quiet character that values the weight of a handshake and the enduring strength of the surrounding fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 083° E
North Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 060° NE
Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.5 mi, 331° NW
Gerken Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 180° S
Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 086° E
Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 300° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 29.7 mi, 032° NE
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 049° NE
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 048° NE
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 32.4 mi, 053° NE
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 45.4 mi, 022° N
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 45.6 mi, 065° NE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.9 mi, 042° NE · 39k acres
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 63.6 mi, 171° S
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 64.8 mi, 168° S
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 66.0 mi, 147° SE
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 66.4 mi, 146° SE
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 70.3 mi, 346° N
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.6 mi, 151° SE · 484 acres
State Game Production Area (National Conservation Area) — 72.0 mi, 226° SW · 150 acres
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 72.2 mi, 053° NE
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 76.3 mi, 290° W
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 77.5 mi, 290° W

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