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Dudley South Dakota Map

Explore Dudley, 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 Dudley, South Dakota

How to Use This Dudley, South Dakota Map

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

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.

CityDudley
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyFall River County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude43.311362
Longitude-103.818253
Population28
Density101.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code57735
Area Code605
County SeatHot Springs
School DistrictEdgemont School District 23-1

About Dudley, South Dakota

Dudley is a locality in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 28. The population density is 101.0 people per km². Dudley is located at 43.3114°N, 103.8183°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57735.

Dudley occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the Cheyenne River carves a serpentine path through the dry, resilient earth. It lies 60.7 miles south-southwest of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 209°T), and is situated 19.2 miles west-southwest of Hot Springs. The landscape here is defined by the open horizon, where the sparse vegetation of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Seven Sisters Range. In the heat of the afternoon, the light turns a sharp, pale gold, illuminating the jagged edges of White Draw and casting long, thin shadows across the cracked clay. The air carries a dry, mineral scent, reflecting the sparse rainfall that keeps the grasses short and the sky impossibly wide.

Dudley emerged from the rugged necessity of the frontier, serving as a quiet waypoint for those navigating the transition between the high plains and the deeper, more complex terrain to the west. The local economy remains anchored in the traditional rhythms of the land, with cattle grazing on the expansive prairie and the occasional spillover from regional agricultural cycles dictating the pace of the year. Life in Dudley moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, and residents often look toward Fiddle Creek Reservoir when the summer sun demands a respite. It is a place of endurance, where the history of the region is written not in monuments, but in the persistent, daily work of maintaining a life in the quiet, expansive middle of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 1.9 mi, 270° W · 587k acres
  • Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 3.3 mi, 052° NE · 1.3M acres
  • Cheyenne River Canyons Fee (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 065° NE
  • Bailey (s. Angostura) Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 091° E
  • Sheps Canyon Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 091° E
  • South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 095° E
  • The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 065° NE
  • Kidney Springs Gazebo (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 063° NE
  • Art House (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 063° NE
  • Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 064° NE
  • Battle Mountain Monument (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 063° NE
  • Wind Cave National Park (National Park) — 20.8 mi, 046° NE · 34k acres
  • Oglala National Grassland (National Grassland) — 21.8 mi, 190° S · 95k acres
  • Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 23.6 mi, 029° NE
  • Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 23.6 mi, 042° NE · 46k acres
  • Tour Starts here (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 045° NE
  • Stephen Tyng Mather (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 045° NE
  • Jewel Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 28.0 mi, 000° N · 3,813 acres
  • Heaven (Viewpoint) — 28.2 mi, 027° NE
  • Custer State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 034° NE
  • Old Car (Historic Ruins) — 29.0 mi, 026° NE
  • Four Mile Old West Town (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 014° N
  • Custer Lighted Sign (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 019° N
  • Gordon Stockade Historical Site (Registered Battlefield) — 34.8 mi, 024° NE
  • The Indian Museum of North America (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 015° N
  • Black Hills Playhouse (Theatre) — 39.4 mi, 030° NE
  • Sioux County Museum (Museum) — 43.3 mi, 184° S
  • Big Thunder Gold Mine (Museum) — 45.0 mi, 026° NE
  • Fort Robinson State Park Museum (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 158° S
  • Badlands National Park (National Park) — 52.7 mi, 075° E · 111k acres

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About This Dudley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dudley, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.311362, -103.818253. 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 Dudley includes the ZIP code (57735), telephone area code (605), county seat of Fall River County (Hot Springs), and school district assignment (Edgemont School District 23-1).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.