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Lyons South Dakota Map

Explore Lyons, 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 Lyons, South Dakota

How to Use This Lyons, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.723031
Longitude	-96.867832
Population	70
Density	53.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57041
Area Code	605
County Seat	Sioux Falls
School District	Tri-Valley School District 49-6

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About Lyons, South Dakota

Lyons is a locality in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 53.7 people per km². Lyons is located at 43.7230°N, 96.8678°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57041.

Lyons occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the turning sky. It lies 14.6 miles northwest of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 325°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-northeast of Hartford. Skunk Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth just a mile away, its banks lined with the persistent, hardy brush that defines this open country. The air here holds a particular clarity, often sharpening the silhouettes of distant, nameless swells in the topography until the light at dusk bruises the clouds into shades of violet and deep charcoal. During the migration seasons, the Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area, situated six miles distant, becomes a vital waypoint for avian life that drifts across the vast, unbroken canopy of the prairie.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Lyons, as the local economy is anchored to the heavy, fertile soil that demands a steady, patient hand. The settlement grew from the logic of the railroad and the stubborn necessity of the harvest, leaving behind a grid of roads that track the sun with geometric indifference. Beyond the immediate reach of the grain elevators, the landscape remains largely untamed, save for the occasional reach toward the horizon where one might imagine the shadow of the Egan Mounds. Life in Lyons moves with the slow, deliberate rhythm of the seasons, indifferent to the haste of the outside world, preferring the steady cycles of sowing and reaping that have ordered existence here since the first fences were drawn across the grass.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 353° N
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 189° S
Clear Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 288° W
Scott Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 227° SW
Pederson (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 279° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 047° NE
Twin Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 269° W
The Amidon Affair (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 143° SE
Minnehaha County Pioneers Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 143° SE
The Dubuque House Historical Marker (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 147° SE
I Tell You What (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 147° SE
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 149° SE
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 149° SE
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 150° SE
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 149° SE
Pettigrew Home & Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 151° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 149° SE
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 149° SE
Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.0 mi, 292° W
Eastbank Art Gallery (Gallery) — 14.1 mi, 149° SE
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 150° SE
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 150° SE
West Mall 7 Theaters (Cinema) — 15.6 mi, 159° S
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 098° E
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 091° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 079° E · 12k acres
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 26.2 mi, 066° NE
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 32.8 mi, 093° E
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 33.2 mi, 053° NE · 302 acres
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 66.7 mi, 188° S · 870 acres

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