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Faith South Dakota Map

Explore Faith, 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 Faith, South Dakota

How to Use This Faith, South Dakota Map

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

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	Faith
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Meade County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	45.023039
Longitude	-102.035992
Population	367
Density	118.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57626
Area Code	605
County Seat	Sturgis
School District	Faith School District 46-2

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About Faith, South Dakota

Faith is a locality in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 367. The population density is 118.2 people per km². Faith is located at 45.0230°N, 102.0360°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Faith is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57626.

Faith occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches thin and flat against a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 80.9 miles northeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 39°T), and is situated 87.8 miles northeast of Rapid City. The landscape around Faith consists of wide, sun-bleached plains that shift in color from the pale straw of late summer to the deep, bruised purple of an approaching storm. Only a mile away, Butcher Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the dry dirt, its banks marked by the sparse shadows of scrub brush that cling to the thin water. To the west, the silhouette of Bessie Butte rises nine miles distant, a lonely, singular landmark that breaks the monotony of the prairie. When the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the dust kicked up by the wind, turning the air into a shimmering, amber haze that makes the world feel fragile and immense.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Faith, a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, demanding cycles of cattle ranching and the seasonal harvest of grain. History here is written in the endurance of those who first settled these high plains, creating a culture built on the quiet necessity of self-reliance and the unpredictable temperament of the weather. Life in Faith moves with a deliberate gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of larger centers, sustained by a community that measures time by the health of the herd and the arrival of the spring rains. Those seeking a respite from the vastness might travel nineteen miles to Bednor Lake, a SREC that offers a rare, quiet stillness in an otherwise rugged terrain. Even when the stillness of the afternoon is broken by the low hum of machinery or the distant lowing of livestock, the profound isolation of the plains remains, reminding every inhabitant of their small, firm place within the wide, unyielding geography of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bednor Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.2 mi, 079° E
Opal Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 248° W
Grand River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 31.1 mi, 004° N · 155k acres
Anna Carr Homestead (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 329° NW
Earl's Taxidermy Museum (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 329° NW
Lake Oahe (Recreation Area) — 43.0 mi, 122° SE
Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 44.6 mi, 120° SE
Shadehill Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 47.0 mi, 345° N
Sorum Dam (State Conservation Area) — 50.4 mi, 305° NW
Hugh Glass Adventure (Monument) — 50.5 mi, 349° N
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 51.6 mi, 294° NW · 1.2M acres
Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 63.3 mi, 355° N
The Castles National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 64.3 mi, 302° NW · 947 acres
North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276 (Monument) — 64.9 mi, 349° N
Plainview School (Historic Ruins) — 67.0 mi, 249° W
Mile 290 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument (Monument) — 68.9 mi, 338° N
Wasta Rest Stop Tipi (Attraction) — 69.0 mi, 197° S
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 71.4 mi, 185° S · 587k acres
Milberg School (Historic Ruins) — 71.8 mi, 250° W
Story of Wounded Knee (Attraction) — 72.0 mi, 188° S
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 77.9 mi, 189° S · 111k acres
Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 78.4 mi, 190° S
Robert Prairie Dog Town (Viewpoint) — 78.4 mi, 190° S
Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 78.5 mi, 190° S · 62k acres

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