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Kennebec South Dakota Map

Explore Kennebec, 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 Kennebec, South Dakota

How to Use This Kennebec, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.903602
Longitude	-99.861783
Population	281
Density	127.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57544
Area Code	605
County Seat	Kennebec
School District	Lyman School District 42-1

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About Kennebec, South Dakota

Kennebec is a locality in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 281. The population density is 127.2 people per km². Kennebec is located at 43.9036°N, 99.8618°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kennebec is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57544.

Kennebec occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches into an unrelenting line of gold and gray prairie grass. It lies 40.2 miles southeast of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 143°T), and is situated 27.2 miles west-northwest of Chamberlain. Medicine Creek carves a shallow, serpentine path through the terrain, its banks offering a rare, muted green against the otherwise dun-colored earth. The air here holds the dry, sharp clarity of the high plains, and when the light fails at dusk, it bruises the sky into shades of violet that seem to pull the distant, hazy silhouette of the Iona Hills closer to the edge of vision. A short distance away, the quiet surface of Byre Lake catches the fading sun, mirroring the emptiness of a landscape that demands a certain stoic patience from those who watch it.

Kennebec exists as a quiet pivot point for the agricultural rhythms of the Great Plains, where the survival of the day is measured in bushels and the health of the livestock. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, a traditional pursuit that has defined the character of the inhabitants since the first homesteaders broke the sod. To the west, the Brakke stands as a preserved pocket of native habitat, a testament to the wilder nature that once dominated this region before the fences and the rail lines arrived. Life in Kennebec moves with the deliberate, measured pace of a place that understands the gravity of the seasons, where the wind rattling the grain elevators provides the primary soundtrack to a persistent, hardworking isolation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brakke (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 264° W
Fate Dam (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 287° W
Sharpe Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 028° NE
Lake Sharpe (Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 003° N
Joe Creek Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 011° N
Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 18.7 mi, 309° NW · 116k acres
West Bend Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 020° N
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 121° SE
Fort Thompson Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 25.7 mi, 070° E
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 26.9 mi, 078° E
South Dakota Veterans Park (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 106° E
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 106° E
Girl Scouts Rock (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 104° E
Avenue of Flags (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 104° E
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.2 mi, 107° E
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 27.2 mi, 103° E
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 27.3 mi, 102° E
State Game Production Area (National Conservation Area) — 36.2 mi, 343° N · 150 acres
Cultural Heritage Center (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 324° NW
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 104° E
Millette County Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 243° SW
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.2 mi, 202° S · 38k acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 72.2 mi, 202° S · 4,631 acres
Smith Falls State Park (State Park) — 73.3 mi, 198° S
Niobrara National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 76.3 mi, 191° S · 185 acres

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