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Lesterville South Dakota Map

Explore Lesterville, 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 Lesterville, South Dakota

How to Use This Lesterville, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.039441
Longitude	-97.595621
Population	115
Density	219.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57040
Area Code	605
County Seat	Yankton
School District	Scotland School District 04-3

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About Lesterville, South Dakota

Lesterville is a locality in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 115. The population density is 219.8 people per km². Lesterville is located at 43.0394°N, 97.5956°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lesterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57040.

Lesterville holds the quiet, expansive gravity of the high plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 15.4 miles northwest of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 319°T), and is situated 19.9 miles northeast of Springfield. The land here is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the prairie, broken only by the thin, dark veins of vegetation marking the path of Beaver Creek. To the north, the terrain shifts in subtle, rhythmic swells, leading toward the quiet waters of Kloucek Lake, where the reeds bow low against the evening wind. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, sharpening the silhouette of every fence post and grain elevator against the pale, dusty gold of the late afternoon. The air carries the dry, clean scent of turning soil and cured grass, a constant reminder of a geography that demands little attention but commands total respect.

Lesterville draws its character from the deep-rooted agricultural traditions that have defined this region since its earliest settlement. The local economy remains anchored to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pulse of daily life. Beyond the grid of quiet streets, the proximity of the Yankton County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for the migratory birds that pass through the tall grasses, grounding the area in the natural rhythms of the seasons. There is a profound stillness in the way the morning light catches the corrugated metal of the farm buildings, a quiet testament to the generations who have worked this soil. Life here proceeds with an intentional, measured pace, indifferent to the clamor of distant centers, favoring instead the simple, enduring connections formed between neighbors who share a common dependence on the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yankton County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 073° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 226° SW
Beaver Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 099° E
Ulmer Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 7.3 mi, 024° NE
Lake Henry Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 325° NW
Snake Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 273° W
Bon Homme County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.6 mi, 263° W
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 182° S
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 180° S
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 12.8 mi, 171° S
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 14.2 mi, 136° SE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 141° SE · 870 acres
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 139° SE
Gayville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 115° SE
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 230° SW
Silverlake MB Church Monument (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 017° N
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 228° SW
Hurley Center Avenue Mural (Public Artwork) — 30.6 mi, 057° NE
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 299° NW
Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.4 mi, 150° SE
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 33.4 mi, 150° SE
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 216° SW
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 118° SE
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 38.1 mi, 118° SE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 38.3 mi, 117° SE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.7 mi, 288° W · 2,043 acres
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 49.9 mi, 335° NW
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 51.4 mi, 336° NW
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 53.7 mi, 041° NE
Canton Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 53.9 mi, 070° E

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