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Ferney South Dakota Map

Explore Ferney, 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 Ferney, South Dakota

How to Use This Ferney, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.330516
Longitude	-98.097873
Population	42
Density	16.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	57439, 57434
Area Code	605
County Seat	Aberdeen
School District	Groton Area School District 06-6

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About Ferney, South Dakota

Ferney is a locality in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 42. The population density is 16.2 people per km². Ferney is located at 45.3305°N, 98.0979°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 57439, 57434.

Ferney occupies a quiet expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to hold more weight than the earth itself. It lies 21.0 miles east-southeast of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 116°T), and is situated 56.4 miles west-northwest of Watertown. Dry Run carves a shallow, unassuming path through the fields two miles away, its presence marked only by a thin ribbon of darker green vegetation that catches the low, golden light of late afternoon. To the west, the distant profile of Doland Ridge creates a faint, serrated edge against the clouds, a reminder of the geological theater occurring far beyond these quiet pastures. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned soil, a stillness that feels less like emptiness and more like an intense, singular focus on the changing seasons.

Ferney emerged from the expansion of the rails, serving as a vital connection point for the agricultural labor that defines the regional economy. Farmers cultivate the surrounding grid of wheat and corn, their work dictated by the brief, intense summers and the long, silent winters that grip the land. Five miles away, Piggors Lake and the adjacent Pigors Lake wildlife area provide a necessary sanctuary for migratory birds, offering a small, protected pocket of water that breaks the monotony of the cultivated plains. Life in Ferney moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the frantic speed of the modern world, anchored instead by the heavy, reliable rhythm of harvest and the patient endurance of those who call these plains home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Piggors Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 087° E
Amsden (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 078° E
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 7.9 mi, 001° N
Bodi (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 140° SE
Hansen Preserve (stratford Sl (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 287° W
Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 157° SE
Day County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 096° E
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 299° NW
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 294° NW
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 296° NW
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 338° N · 39k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 29.0 mi, 299° NW
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 34.8 mi, 059° NE
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.8 mi, 080° E · 9,262 acres
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 028° NE
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 39.4 mi, 322° NW
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 52.9 mi, 121° SE
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 58.3 mi, 037° NE
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 65.2 mi, 104° E
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 67.2 mi, 186° S
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 67.6 mi, 140° SE
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 71.5 mi, 096° E
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 79.3 mi, 022° N · 70k acres
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 79.8 mi, 201° S

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