Hoven South Dakota Map
Explore Hoven, 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 Hoven, South Dakota
How to Use This Hoven, South Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hoven, 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 Hoven.
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 | Hoven |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Potter County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.243594 |
| Longitude | -99.777061 |
| Population | 379 |
| Density | 478.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57450 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Gettysburg |
| School District | Hoven School District 53-2 |
About Hoven, South Dakota
Hoven is a locality in Potter County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 379. The population density is 478.2 people per km². Hoven is located at 45.2436°N, 99.7771°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hoven is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57450.Hoven occupies a vast, level expanse of the northern plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 64.5 miles west-southwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 257°T), and is situated 37.5 miles east-southeast of Mobridge. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the silhouettes of grain elevators that stand like sentinels over fields of wheat and corn. Three miles away, the quiet waters of Swan Lake gather the reflection of the clouds, offering a brief, still interruption in a landscape defined by its persistent, open reach. During the harvest, the air carries the dry, rhythmic hum of machinery, a sound that settles over the prairie as the golden light of dusk stretches shadows long and sharp across the stubble.
Hoven preserves the legacy of the German-Russian immigrants who arrived with a determination to turn the stubborn soil into a persistent economy of agriculture and livestock. The local character remains anchored in this work, where the seasons dictate the pace of life and the endurance of the community. Beyond the primary business of farming, the nearby Swan Lake provides a sanctuary for wildlife, allowing the natural cycle of the region to persist undisturbed by the modern world. Life in Hoven moves with a deliberate, steady gravity, shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest that have defined this corner of the state for generations.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Swan Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 328° NW
- Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 084° E
- Potter County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 166° S
- Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 352° N
- Steigelmeir (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 068° E
- Potts Dam (State Conservation Area) — 20.9 mi, 180° S
- Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 266° W
- Lake Oahe (Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 267° W
- Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 37.6 mi, 302° NW
- The Klein Museum (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 303° NW
- Sitting Bull Monument (Monument) — 39.2 mi, 299° NW
- Sakakawea Monument (Monument) — 39.3 mi, 299° NW
- Leavenworth Battle (Monument) — 41.3 mi, 304° NW
- State Game Production Area (National Conservation Area) — 56.2 mi, 192° S · 150 acres
- Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 59.5 mi, 070° E
- National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 62.9 mi, 342° N
- Turtle Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 63.2 mi, 207° SW
- Snake Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 63.3 mi, 207° SW
- Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 64.4 mi, 076° E
- Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 64.6 mi, 077° E
- Cultural Heritage Center (Museum) — 66.2 mi, 205° SW
- Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 68.6 mi, 194° S · 116k acres
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About This Hoven Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hoven, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.243594, -99.777061. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Hoven includes the ZIP code (57450), telephone area code (605), county seat of Potter County (Gettysburg), and school district assignment (Hoven School District 53-2).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
