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Florence South Dakota Map

Explore Florence, 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 Florence, South Dakota

How to Use This Florence, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.054685
Longitude	-97.329802
Population	337
Density	187.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57235
Area Code	605
County Seat	Watertown
School District	Florence School District 14-1

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About Florence, South Dakota

Florence is a locality in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 337. The population density is 187.8 people per km². Florence is located at 45.0547°N, 97.3298°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Florence is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57235.

Florence sits anchored to the expansive, high-latitude prairie, where the horizon pulls tight against a sky that seems to breathe with the changing seasons. It lies 15.0 miles northwest of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 316°T), and is situated 57.6 miles north-northwest of Brookings. The landscape around Florence functions as a vast, open table of black soil and stubborn grasses, broken only by the slight, rhythmic heave of the earth that suggests a deeper geological restlessness. A mile away, the quiet basin of Dry Lake catches the shifting light of dusk, turning the water into a bruised violet that mirrors the deepening shadows of the plains. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of The Coteaus haunts the skyline, a reminder of the rugged shifts in elevation that define this corner of the world. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of turning earth and distant stalks, feeling thin and sharp against the lungs during the long, cold transitions of the year.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the quiet urgency of the streets. The history of Florence is tied to the labor of the soil, a legacy etched into the grain elevators that stand like sentinels above the flat expanse, watching over the steady, methodical work of the fields. Though the Big Sioux River flows eight miles away, its presence is felt in the subtle moisture that sustains the surrounding cropland, anchoring the community to the land's reliable bounty. Nearby, the American Game Association provides a protected sanctuary where the wilder, uncultivated spirit of the prairie persists, untouched by the plow. Life in Florence moves with an unadorned, deliberate pace, where the value of a day is measured not by speed, but by the resilience of the crops and the enduring character of those who choose to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

American Game Association (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 181° S
Codington County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 300° NW
Donnelly (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 134° SE
Horseshoe Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 180° S
Long Lake (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 206° SW
Clark County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 271° W
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 137° SE
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 359° N · 9,262 acres
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 083° E
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 33.2 mi, 170° S
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 170° S
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 35.1 mi, 080° E
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 35.7 mi, 071° E
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 071° E
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 36.5 mi, 071° E
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 40.5 mi, 053° NE
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.5 mi, 071° E · 23k acres
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 46.0 mi, 306° NW
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 46.8 mi, 069° E
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 54.8 mi, 338° N
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 55.5 mi, 093° E
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 57.2 mi, 131° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 57.5 mi, 153° SE
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 62.4 mi, 297° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 71.0 mi, 298° NW
Boyd House (Attraction) — 71.2 mi, 101° E

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