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Kranzburg South Dakota Map

Explore Kranzburg, 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 Kranzburg, South Dakota

How to Use This Kranzburg, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.892465
Longitude	-96.918956
Population	163
Density	82.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57245
Area Code	605
County Seat	Watertown
School District	Watertown School District 14-4

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About Kranzburg, South Dakota

Kranzburg is a locality in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 163. The population density is 82.4 people per km². Kranzburg is located at 44.8925°N, 96.9190°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kranzburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57245.

Kranzburg emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the eastern prairie as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth. It lies 9.6 miles east of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 93°T), and is situated 26.5 miles south-southwest of Milbank. The air here holds a distinct, dry clarity, sharpening the edges of the grain silos and the long, straight lines of the surrounding fields until they seem to cut against the sky. A mile away, the thin, winding path of Stray Horse Creek cuts through the silt, providing a modest corridor of green amidst the endless stretch of cultivated soil. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of The Coteaus haunts the skyline, while the land closer to home remains an open, rhythmic expanse. Five miles out, the landscape finds a slight interruption at Round Bullhead, a SCA where the native grasses shift and ripple in the wind, undisturbed by the plow.

Kranzburg bears the quiet gravity of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal turn of the harvest. The history of the area is written in the endurance of its homesteads and the persistence of those who worked the heavy loam, carving a life out of the vast, open plains. Six miles away, the waters of Wigdale Lake sit still and reflective, serving as a reminder of the deep, hidden moisture that sustains the region. Life in Kranzburg moves with the measured pace of the seasons, defined by the sharp bite of winter and the sudden, intense green of summer, leaving little room for artifice. It is a place where the work of the day is measured not in hours, but in the slow accumulation of chores and the steady, reliable cycle of the sun moving across the wide, unshaded sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Round Bullhead (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 053° NE
Deuel County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 034° NE
Bjerke Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 055° NE
Anza Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 265° W
Grant County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 018° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 279° W
Coteau Lakes Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 113° SE
Pelican Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 266° W
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 283° W
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 022° N
Saaranen Beach (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 200° S
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 040° NE
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 214° SW
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 214° SW
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 26.5 mi, 031° NE
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 031° NE
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 033° NE
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 112° E
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.7 mi, 041° NE · 23k acres
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 35.0 mi, 139° SE
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 077° E
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 040° NE
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 37.4 mi, 020° N
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 331° NW · 9,262 acres
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 40.5 mi, 172° S
Boyd House (Attraction) — 49.9 mi, 093° E
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 65.2 mi, 102° E
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 67.8 mi, 154° SE
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 68.9 mi, 304° NW
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 78.5 mi, 125° SE

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