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Humboldt South Dakota Map

Explore Humboldt, 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 Humboldt, South Dakota

How to Use This Humboldt, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.645256
Longitude	-97.073947
Population	579
Density	361.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57035
Area Code	605
County Seat	Sioux Falls
School District	West Central School District 49-7

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About Humboldt, South Dakota

Humboldt is a locality in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 579. The population density is 361.2 people per km². Humboldt is located at 43.6453°N, 97.0739°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Humboldt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57035.

Humboldt spreads across the vast, open expanse of the eastern South Dakota prairie, where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the golden wheat and deep-green cornfields. It lies 19.8 miles west-northwest of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 290°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-northwest of Hartford. The land here is defined by a slow, rhythmic flatness that allows the sun to paint long, amber shadows across the soil throughout the afternoon, eventually yielding to a twilight that turns the clouds to bruised violet. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Rocky Ridge marks the edge of the world, while the nearby Beaver wildlife area provides a quiet sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands. Water moves with patient deliberation through the landscape, channeled by the East Fork Vermillion River, which cuts a narrow path through the earth four miles away, and the stillness of Beaver Lake, resting just a mile from the center of the grid.

Humboldt holds the quiet character of a place built by the steady hands of those who first broke the stubborn sod to plant the seeds of a regional economy rooted firmly in the soil. The pulse of life here is tied to the turn of the seasons and the heavy machinery that navigates the gravel arteries between farms, moving the harvest toward the silos that serve as the local beacons of industry. History remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older streets, where buildings stand as pragmatic witnesses to decades of prairie winters and the resilience of a people who favor function over ornament. The air in Humboldt carries the faint, grounding scent of dry earth and ripening grain, reminding anyone who passes through that this is a place where the weight of the day is measured in the work completed under a wide, uninterrupted dome of sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beaver (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 132° SE
Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 360° N
Stofferahn (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 227° SW
Grass Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 166° S
Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 237° SW
East Vermillion Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 269° W
Makoce Washte Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 140° SE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 9.3 mi, 099° E
USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 114° SE
Pettigrew Home & Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 111° E
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 18.4 mi, 110° E
West Mall 7 Theaters (Cinema) — 18.4 mi, 120° SE
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 110° E
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 110° E
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 18.5 mi, 110° E
Bathsheba (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 115° SE
9/11 Steel Girder (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 115° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 18.5 mi, 110° E
The Dubuque House Historical Marker (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 109° E
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 111° E
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 112° E
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 112° E
Rehfeld's Art & Framing (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 111° E
East Quartzite Ridge (Viewpoint) — 24.8 mi, 110° E
Prairie Village (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 349° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.0 mi, 073° E · 12k acres
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 37.9 mi, 065° NE
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 43.2 mi, 086° E
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 44.7 mi, 056° NE · 302 acres

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