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Ipswich South Dakota Map

Explore Ipswich, 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 Ipswich, South Dakota

How to Use This Ipswich, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.444419
Longitude	-99.029278
Population	928
Density	267.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57451
Area Code	605
County Seat	Ipswich
School District	Ipswich School District 22-6

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About Ipswich, South Dakota

Ipswich is a locality in Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 928. The population density is 267.4 people per km². Ipswich is located at 45.4444°N, 99.0293°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ipswich is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57451.

Ipswich occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun each evening in a slow, amber descent. It lies 26.3 miles west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 267°T), and is situated 84.7 miles north-northwest of Huron. The land around Ipswich is defined by the steady, unyielding flatness of the northern plains, where the soil holds a deep, dark richness that dictates the rhythm of the seasons. Only two miles away, the quiet current of North Fork Snake Creek carves a thin, serpentine line through the prairie grass, while four miles to the east, the stillness of Blank Dam reflects the pale, expansive sky. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape remains largely unburdened by vertical interruption, allowing the wind to move across the stalks of grain with a singular, whistling clarity that defines the local atmosphere.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Ipswich, grounding the daily lives of residents in the cycles of planting and the heavy, golden labor of the harvest. Established during an era of westward expansion, the area retains a sturdy, pragmatic character shaped by the endurance required to survive the long, frozen winters and the intense, sun-drenched summers. Visitors who seek the quietude of the natural world often venture eight miles toward Rosette to observe the native flora and the subtle shifts in the plains’ ecosystem that persist away from the paved roads. Here, the economy and the spirit of the people are bound to the land, maintaining a steady, deliberate pace that honors the heritage of those who first broke the sod to build a life on the edge of the great, grassy expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rosette (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 359° N
Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 187° S
Mina (State Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 086° E
Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 216° SW
Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.7 mi, 332° NW
Ordway/Mcpherson/Johnson'S Gulch Fee (Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 348° N
Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 139° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 072° E
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 087° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 089° E
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 089° E
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 042° NE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.9 mi, 066° NE · 39k acres
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 45.2 mi, 090° E
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 50.9 mi, 346° N
Mile 173 Border Monument (Monument) — 64.1 mi, 303° NW
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 66.3 mi, 068° E
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 68.3 mi, 276° W
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 69.2 mi, 277° W
Beaver Lake State Park (State Park) — 71.7 mi, 337° NW
Sargent County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.2 mi, 047° NE · 646 acres

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