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Little Eagle South Dakota Map

Explore Little Eagle, 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 Little Eagle, South Dakota

How to Use This Little Eagle, South Dakota Map

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

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.

CityLittle Eagle
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyCorson County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude45.68507
Longitude-100.794794
Population367
Density101.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes57642, 57639
Area Code605
County SeatMcIntosh
School DistrictMcLaughlin School District 15-2

About Little Eagle, South Dakota

Little Eagle is a locality in Corson County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 367. The population density is 101.4 people per km². Little Eagle is located at 45.6851°N, 100.7948°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 57642, 57639.

Little Eagle spreads across the high, wind-swept plains of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where the earth meets an expansive, pale sky that seems to swallow the horizon. It lies 93.0 miles north-northwest of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 346°T), and is situated 20.6 miles west-northwest of Mobridge. The landscape is defined by the persistent, unyielding reach of the prairie, punctuated by the occasional silhouette of a fence line or the stark, low-slung architecture of the dwellings. Only a mile away, the Grand River carves its path through the soil, a ribbon of riparian life that offers a cool, shaded reprieve from the relentless summer heat. To the west, the distant, hazy blue shapes of the Pamplin Hills emerge as a faint suggestion of depth, reminding the traveler that the terrain here is not merely flat, but a vast, rhythmic expanse of geologic patience.

Little Eagle holds the quiet, enduring spirit of the Lakota people, whose ancestry is etched into the very soil of this high country. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, moving in sync with the seasonal demands of ranching and the slow, deliberate pace of rural stewardship. Life here turns toward the nearby Lake Oahe, a reservoir that serves as a vital anchor for the region, while the Lake Oahe provides a space for those who seek the stillness of the water or the quiet observation of the native grasses. As the sun dips low, the light transforms the gray-green brush into a field of burnished copper, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the prairie and turn the everyday labor of the residents into a silent, communal dance against the approaching night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lake Oahe (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 130° SE
  • Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 113° SE
  • Leavenworth Battle (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 117° SE
  • Sakakawea Monument (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 128° SE
  • Sitting Bull Monument (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 128° SE
  • The Klein Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 119° SE
  • Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 121° SE
  • Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 20.8 mi, 121° SE
  • Indian Creek Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 119° SE
  • Little Moreau (State Recreation Area) — 27.1 mi, 211° SW
  • Cedar River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 30.3 mi, 316° NW · 6,714 acres
  • Campbell County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 33.6 mi, 068° E
  • Froelich Dam (State Conservation Area) — 33.6 mi, 345° N
  • American Game Association (State Conservation Area) — 34.5 mi, 089° E
  • National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 41.8 mi, 045° NE
  • Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.6 mi, 017° N · 329 acres
  • Grand River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 50.8 mi, 264° W · 155k acres
  • Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.7 mi, 022° N · 28k acres
  • Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 78.3 mi, 000° N
  • North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 78.4 mi, 001° N
  • AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 79.6 mi, 001° N

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About This Little Eagle Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Little Eagle, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.68507, -100.794794. 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 Little Eagle includes the ZIP code (57642, 57639), telephone area code (605), county seat of Corson County (McIntosh), and school district assignment (McLaughlin School District 15-2).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.