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Long Lake Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Long Lake Colony, 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 Long Lake Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Long Lake Colony, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Long Lake Colony, 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 Long Lake Colony.

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	Long Lake Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	McPherson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.606643
Longitude	-98.819548
Population	8
Density	4.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57481
Area Code	605
County Seat	Leola
School District	Leola School District 44-2

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About Long Lake Colony, South Dakota

Long Lake Colony is a locality in McPherson County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 8. The population density is 4.6 people per km². Long Lake Colony is located at 45.6066°N, 98.8195°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57481.

Long Lake Colony manifests as a singular arrangement of earth and sky upon the vast, open expanse of the South Dakota prairie. It lies 18.9 miles west-northwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 301°T), and is situated 96.2 miles west-northwest of Watertown. The landscape around Long Lake Colony is defined by a rigorous, horizontal flatness that forces the eye to track the slow migration of clouds across an immense, pale dome of atmosphere. A mile to the east, the channel of Snake Creek carves a subtle, winding depression through the grass, its banks thick with seasonal brush that captures the persistent wind. Two miles distant, the waters of Crompton Lake hold the reflection of the sun with a stark, silver intensity, acting as a quiet anchor for the local waterfowl that congregate in the silence of the plains.

Agriculture remains the singular, pulsing rhythm of life here, as the deep, dark soil dictates the cycles of labor that define the local economy. The heritage of the settlement is anchored in communal industry, a legacy that persists in the austere, functional geometry of the buildings and the deliberate pace of those who work the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the distant horizon for the change of weather, occasionally traveling nine miles to reach the Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area to observe the migratory patterns that mark the turn of the seasons. There is a profound, unadorned beauty in the way the twilight deepens the color of the stubble fields, turning the world into a study of bronze and violet before the stars assert their cold, sharp clarity over the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 186° S
Light (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 160° S
Richmond Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 118° SE
Mina (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 162° S
Willow Dam (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 053° NE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 118° SE
Ordway/Mcpherson/Johnson'S Gulch Fee (Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 292° W
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 042° NE
Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.3 mi, 319° NW
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 121° SE
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 123° SE
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 118° SE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 081° E · 39k acres
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 36.8 mi, 107° E
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 44.4 mi, 329° NW
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 53.2 mi, 076° E
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.9 mi, 064° NE · 14k acres
Old Settlers Monument (Monument) — 67.0 mi, 326° NW
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 74.9 mi, 068° E
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 78.3 mi, 267° W
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 78.9 mi, 268° W

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