La Plant South Dakota Map
Explore La Plant, 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 La Plant, South Dakota
How to Use This La Plant, South Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Plant, 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 La Plant.
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 | La Plant |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Dewey County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 45.128207 |
| Longitude | -100.640898 |
| Population | 167 |
| Density | 6.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 57652 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Timber Lake |
| School District | Eagle Butte School District 20-1 |
About La Plant, South Dakota
La Plant is a locality in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 167. The population density is 6.8 people per km². La Plant is located at 45.1282°N, 100.6409°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57652.La Plant occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the persistent wind shapes the tall grass into shivering waves of pale gold and sage. It lies 55.6 miles north-northwest of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 345°T), and is situated 29.2 miles south-southwest of Mobridge. The earth here is defined by the steady, patient incision of the Virgin Creek, which carves a shallow, winding path through the silt and heavy clay of the plains. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Mission Ridge serves as a dark ink-line against the horizon, anchoring a landscape that otherwise feels as if it might drift away into the vast, cloud-swept sky. In the quiet hours of evening, the light turns a bruised violet, catching the dust kicked up by the passage of a solitary truck and throwing long, thin shadows across the cracked, sun-baked ground.
History in La Plant is held in the quiet endurance of those who work the land, tracing its roots to the shared heritage of the Cheyenne River Reservation. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons and the demands of ranching, where the health of the herd dictates the prosperity of the season. While the modern pace is measured by the slow turn of work on the range, the proximity of Lake Oahe offers a different kind of stillness, a vast reservoir that reflects the changing seasons with a mirror-like clarity. Residents often look toward the Oahe Recreation Area for a reprieve from the heat, finding a rare, cool respite where the water meets the stark, dry perimeter of the prairie. Life in La Plant moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, shaped by the weight of the sky and the deep, silent memory of the soil itself.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 127° SE
- Lake Oahe (Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 128° SE
- Forest City Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 117° SE
- West Whitlock Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 105° E
- Siebrasse (State Conservation Area) — 19.5 mi, 117° SE
- Little Moreau (State Recreation Area) — 26.0 mi, 305° NW
- Sakakawea Monument (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 015° N
- Sitting Bull Monument (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 016° N
- Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 29.6 mi, 020° N
- The Klein Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 018° N
- Leavenworth Battle (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 014° N
- Turtle Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 50.1 mi, 164° S
- Snake Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 50.2 mi, 164° S
- State Game Production Area (National Conservation Area) — 50.4 mi, 163° S · 150 acres
- Cultural Heritage Center (Museum) — 54.3 mi, 164° S
- Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.8 mi, 168° S · 116k acres
- Grand River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 63.3 mi, 293° NW · 155k acres
- National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 71.4 mi, 018° N
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About This La Plant Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Plant, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.128207, -100.640898. 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 La Plant includes the ZIP code (57652), telephone area code (605), county seat of Dewey County (Timber Lake), and school district assignment (Eagle Butte School District 20-1).
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. |
