Explore Interior, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Interior, 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 Interior.
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 | Interior |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 43.726938 |
| Longitude | -101.984042 |
| Population | 65 |
| Density | 18.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57750 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Kadoka |
| School District | Kadoka School District 35-2 |
Interior occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon pulls tight against the earth, revealing a landscape defined by the jagged, eroded geometry of the prairie. It lies 60.2 miles east-southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 116°T), and is situated 56.3 miles north-northeast of Pine Ridge. The light here acts with a peculiar, sharpening clarity, turning the sediment of the ground into a palette of muted ochre and bone-white that shifts as the sun tracks across the high, unobstructed sky. To the north, the elevation rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Millard Ridge, while the earth itself seems to hold its breath in the quiet intervals between gusts of wind. Only a mile away, the White River carves a serpentine path through the silt, its presence marked by the darker, stubborn veins of vegetation that cling to its banks despite the arid reach of the surrounding plains.
Interior serves as a threshold between the expansive, open range and the protected, wild reaches of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland, which borders the settlement like a silent guardian of the high plains. The local economy persists through a measured rhythm of agriculture and the seasonal passage of travelers drawn to the raw, geological drama that defines this corner of the state. History here is written in the stubborn endurance of homesteads that once sought purchase on the dry, unyielding soil, creating a legacy of self-reliance that persists in the quiet, dusty streets. Even the distant, shimmering surface of Big Foot Pass Reservoir, eight miles to the north, offers a rare, tranquil reflection in a land otherwise dominated by the sharp, wind-scoured edges of the earth and the enduring, sun-drenched silence of the grassland.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Interior, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.726938, -101.984042. 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 Interior includes the ZIP code (57750), telephone area code (605), county seat of Jackson County (Kadoka), and school district assignment (Kadoka School District 35-2).
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. |