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Horse Creek South Dakota Map

Explore Horse Creek, 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 Horse Creek, South Dakota

How to Use This Horse Creek, South Dakota Map

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

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	Horse Creek
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Mellette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.533
Longitude	-100.7419
Population	187
Density	75.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57579
Area Code	605
County Seat	White River
School District	White River School District 47-1

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About Horse Creek, South Dakota

Horse Creek is a locality in Mellette County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 187. The population density is 75.8 people per km². Horse Creek is located at 43.5330°N, 100.7419°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57579.

Horse Creek occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky of unrelenting blue. It lies 60.9 miles south-southwest of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 199°T), and is situated 45.6 miles west-northwest of Winner. The Little White River carves a serpentine path through this landscape, its banks lined with brush and sediment that hold the memory of spring melts long after the water has receded. To the west, the land rises in subtle, rhythmic swells, leading the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Table Butte, which anchors the prairie in a stoic, geologic silence. During the golden hour, the light thickens, casting long, bruised shadows across the grasses and turning the dry earth the color of weathered copper, a quiet transformation that renders the simple geometry of the plains momentarily profound.

Horse Creek exists as a quiet intersection of heritage and necessity, defined by the persistent demands of the ranching life that has sustained these families for generations. The economy remains tethered to the movement of cattle and the seasonal cycles of the hay harvest, a rhythm dictated by the temperament of the land rather than the velocity of the outside world. While Mission Lake lies sixteen miles away, offering a rare expanse of still water to those who seek it, the daily life of Horse Creek stays focused on the immediate, tangible labor of the fence line and the pasture. It is a place where cultural threads of the region remain tightly braided, and the quiet endurance of the people reflects a landscape that asks for nothing but respect and rewards it with a stark, unadorned beauty.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Millette County Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 353° N
Jones County Gold Star Honor Roll (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 003° N
Buxcel (State Conservation Area) — 31.1 mi, 332° NW
Lulu the T-Rex (Public Artwork) — 31.3 mi, 322° NW
Ideal Wetland (State Conservation Area) — 35.1 mi, 089° E
Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 35.2 mi, 025° NE · 116k acres
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 42.7 mi, 294° NW · 587k acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.9 mi, 161° S · 38k acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.9 mi, 161° S · 4,631 acres
Tripp County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 45.8 mi, 103° E
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 236° SW · 33k acres
Smith Falls State Park (State Park) — 48.9 mi, 154° SE
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 52.4 mi, 188° S · 116k acres
Niobrara National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 58.0 mi, 148° SE · 185 acres
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 59.3 mi, 285° W · 111k acres
Snake River Falls (Attraction) — 59.5 mi, 186° S
Big Badlands Overlook (Viewpoint) — 60.4 mi, 287° W
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 60.8 mi, 019° N
Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 61.1 mi, 288° W
Cultural Heritage Center (Museum) — 61.4 mi, 019° N
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 62.0 mi, 284° W
Snake Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 64.6 mi, 017° N
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 69.9 mi, 178° S · 15k acres
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 72.3 mi, 075° E
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 73.1 mi, 074° E
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 76.9 mi, 066° NE

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