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Grenville South Dakota Map

Explore Grenville, 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 Grenville, South Dakota

How to Use This Grenville, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.466902
Longitude	-97.3937
Population	48
Density	78.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57239
Area Code	605
County Seat	Webster
School District	Webster School District 18-5

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About Grenville, South Dakota

Grenville is a locality in Day County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 78.2 people per km². Grenville is located at 45.4669°N, 97.3937°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grenville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57239.

Grenville emerges from the vast, open expanse of the prairie, defined by the quiet endurance of its flat horizons and the expansive sky that colors the morning in shades of pale amber and bruised violet. It lies 41.5 miles north-northwest of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 341°T), and is situated 21.5 miles southwest of Sisseton. The land surrounding Grenville stretches outward in a rhythmic sequence of cultivated fields and wild grasses, interrupted only by the subtle presence of the Day County Waterfowl Production Area just a mile away, where the seasonal migration of birds creates a restless, living pulse in the stillness. A mere mile to the south, the water of Waubay Lake catches the daylight, its surface often mirroring the drift of clouds or the sharp, clear clarity of the high-plains air. Even the distant, gentle rise of Six Mile Hill, visible twenty miles to the west, offers a modest anchor to a landscape that otherwise favors the dominance of the horizon, where the wind carries the dry scent of soil and the faint, earthy memory of the distant Chekepa Creek.

Grenville maintains a character forged by the steady, deliberate labor of an agricultural economy, where the lives of its people have long been measured by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. Established through the resilience of early settlers who recognized the potential in this high, fertile plateau, Grenville continues to serve as a quiet center for those who value the solitude of the plains and the unpretentious dignity of communal life. While the influence of the sprawling prairie remains constant, the local economy relies on the careful stewardship of the land, with grain silos standing as silent, vertical sentinels against the sky, marking the town’s enduring purpose. Life here moves with a measured, intentional pace, defined by the small, necessary rituals of daily work and the simple appreciation for a landscape that, while lacking dramatic elevation, possesses a profound, austere beauty in its wide-open, uncrowded spaces.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Day County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 180° S
Grenville Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 158° S
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.7 mi, 147° SE · 9,262 acres
Breske-helwig-hedke Woods/pass (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 198° S
Pickerel Lake (okroi) (State Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 081° E
Pickerel Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 065° NE
Marshall County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 033° NE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 339° N
Samuel J Brown State Monument (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 071° E
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 323° NW
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 34.1 mi, 268° W
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 35.8 mi, 097° E
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 004° N · 14k acres
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 38.4 mi, 163° S
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 131° SE
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 114° SE
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 40.6 mi, 115° SE
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 41.2 mi, 114° SE
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 48.1 mi, 104° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 52.7 mi, 269° W
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 53.0 mi, 270° W
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 59.6 mi, 275° W
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 61.9 mi, 172° S

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