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Hillcrest Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Hillcrest Colony, 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 Hillcrest Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Hillcrest Colony, South Dakota Map

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

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	Hillcrest Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Clark County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.946242
Longitude	-97.669873
Population	94
Density	36.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57236
Area Code	605
County Seat	Clark
School District	Clark School District 12-2

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About Hillcrest Colony, South Dakota

Hillcrest Colony is a locality in Clark County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 36.2 people per km². Hillcrest Colony is located at 44.9462°N, 97.6699°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57236.

Hillcrest Colony endures as a quiet expanse of prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything save for the occasional silo or the sharp, sudden flight of a meadowlark. It lies 27.3 miles west of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 277°T), and is situated 53.5 miles southeast of Aberdeen. The land unfolds in a series of broad, subtle swells of earth, covered in grasses that turn the color of bleached straw under the relentless intensity of the high-plains sun. Dry Lake Number One sits motionless at the edge of the property, its surface often mirroring the vast, pale blue of the sky with a clarity that renders the boundary between water and air almost invisible. A short distance away, the protected expanse of Dry Lake provides a sanctuary for the local fauna, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the dry rustle of wind moving through the stalks of native vegetation.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Hillcrest Colony, a place where the labor of the day is measured by the steady, rhythmic turn of soil and the careful management of the harvest. This Hutterite colony operates as a self-sustaining collective, maintaining a heritage of communal industry that has persisted through the changing seasons of the Great Plains. While Foster Creek flows nine miles distant, its presence is felt in the deep, dark quality of the soil that supports the colony’s sprawling fields and livestock operations. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a commitment to traditional ways that prioritize the health of the land and the integrity of the work over the frantic pace of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dry Lake (State Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 231° SW
Clark County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 343° N
Stewart (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 140° SE
Bailey's Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 306° NW
Sherwood Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 323° NW
Codington County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 085° E
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 092° E
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 33.7 mi, 138° SE
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 138° SE
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 025° NE · 9,262 acres
Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 39.9 mi, 184° S
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 40.2 mi, 329° NW
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 076° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 45.2 mi, 012° N
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 48.8 mi, 215° SW
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 52.8 mi, 312° NW
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 53.5 mi, 312° NW
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 53.8 mi, 069° E
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 53.9 mi, 069° E
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.9 mi, 329° NW · 39k acres
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 58.4 mi, 057° NE
Touchdown Jesus (Public Artwork) — 61.2 mi, 135° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 61.2 mi, 135° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 61.6 mi, 312° NW
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 65.0 mi, 068° E
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 69.1 mi, 226° SW
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 70.8 mi, 228° SW

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