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Kimball South Dakota Map

Explore Kimball, 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 Kimball, South Dakota

How to Use This Kimball, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.746665
Longitude	-98.958426
Population	572
Density	71.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57355
Area Code	605
County Seat	Chamberlain
School District	Kimball School District 07-2

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About Kimball, South Dakota

Kimball is a locality in Brule County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 572. The population density is 71.5 people per km². Kimball is located at 43.7467°N, 98.9584°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kimball is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57355.

Kimball sits anchored upon the high, open expanse of the plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 46.4 miles west of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 273°T), and is situated 19.1 miles east-southeast of Chamberlain. The land here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal patience, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Bijou Hills rising seventeen miles to the south. A mile from the center, Kimball offers a quiet expanse of untamed prairie grass that catches the wind in silvered waves. Four miles to the north, the still waters of Sobek Lake hold the reflection of the sky, mirroring the shifting bruised purples and golds of twilight. Ten miles away, Smith Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, a thin vein of life in a landscape that otherwise favors the stoic endurance of soil and sky.

Kimball emerged from the relentless ambition of the frontier, a hub built upon the back of the wheat harvest and the steady, rhythmic labor of the cattle trade. The local economy remains tethered to this cycle of sowing and reaping, where the collective pulse of the residents quickens with the coming of the autumn grain trucks. Life moves with the unforced gravity of the seasons, marked by the smell of diesel and dry stalks in the air and the communal gatherings that anchor the people to one another. There is a singular, austere beauty in the way the light hardens against the grain elevators at midday, casting shadows that seem to anchor the buildings deep into the prairie floor. Kimball persists as a place of quiet industry, where the history of the region is not merely remembered but practiced in the daily turning of the wheel and the tilling of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 186° S
Kimball (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 094° E
Lake Sixteen (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 105° E
Brule County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 156° SE
Aurora County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.5 mi, 076° E
Chain Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 194° S
Red Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 268° W
Francis Case Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 18.7 mi, 297° NW
Lake Francis Case (Recreation Area) — 18.7 mi, 294° NW
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 19.0 mi, 286° W
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 284° W
Avenue of Flags (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 283° W
Girl Scouts Rock (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 282° W
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 279° W
South Dakota Veterans Park (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 281° W
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 280° W
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 23.9 mi, 265° W
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 24.6 mi, 311° NW
Fort Thompson Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 28.6 mi, 313° NW
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.8 mi, 153° SE · 2,043 acres
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 46.4 mi, 089° E
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 46.5 mi, 094° E
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 47.0 mi, 092° E
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 094° E
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 51.8 mi, 130° SE
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.0 mi, 157° SE · 2,165 acres
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 55.9 mi, 040° NE
Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 64.0 mi, 299° NW · 116k acres

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