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Manderson-White Horse Creek South Dakota Map

Explore Manderson-White Horse Creek, 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 Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota

How to Use This Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Manderson-White Horse Creek, 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 Manderson-White Horse Creek.

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.

CityManderson-White Horse Creek
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyOglala Lakota County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude43.235
Longitude-102.4916
Population554
Density37.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code57756
Area Code605
County SeatHot Springs
School DistrictOglala Lakota County School District 65-1

About Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota

Manderson-White Horse Creek is a locality in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 554. The population density is 37.3 people per km². Manderson-White Horse Creek is located at 43.2350°N, 102.4916°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57756.

Manderson-White Horse Creek occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon pulls the sky downward to meet the tawny, sun-bleached grasses of the prairie. It lies 67.1 miles south-southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 154°T), and is situated 14.8 miles north-northeast of Pine Ridge. The air here holds a profound clarity, sharpening the edges of the distant White River Divide until the silhouette of the ridge cuts a jagged, violet line against the fading light of dusk. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of White Horse Creek provides a subtle, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled skeletons of cottonwoods that lean into the wind. To the east, the rugged, labyrinthine earth of Iron Cloud Canyon offers a stark contrast to the flatter plains, while the deeper blue of Oglala Lake sits twelve miles off, a rare concentration of stillness in a region dominated by the movement of clouds and the shifting hues of the sagebrush.

Manderson-White Horse Creek remains a place defined by the enduring legacy of the Oglala Lakota people, whose connection to these high plains informs the daily cadence of life. The economy moves with the deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and the necessities of a rural, self-reliant existence, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. Residents often look toward the distant, rugged terrain near Unknown Park for a sense of solitude, finding in the quietude a reflection of the resilience required to thrive in such an exposed environment. The social fabric is bound by a shared history that honors the complexities of the past, creating an atmosphere where the weight of tradition is felt as clearly as the dry, bracing wind that sweeps across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Wounded Knee cemetery (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 135° SE
  • Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 135° SE
  • Red Cloud Heritage Center (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 204° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.7 mi, 191° S
  • Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 054° NE
  • Badlands National Park (National Park) — 21.4 mi, 346° N · 111k acres
  • Metcalf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.3 mi, 199° S
  • Red Shirt Table Overlook (Viewpoint) — 29.6 mi, 319° NW
  • Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 30.3 mi, 238° SW · 587k acres
  • Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 154° SE
  • AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 33.5 mi, 154° SE
  • Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.7 mi, 006° N · 62k acres
  • Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 177° S
  • Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 37.7 mi, 217° SW · 141k acres
  • Cowboy Artwork (Public Artwork) — 37.8 mi, 265° W
  • Sunday Matinee (Cinema) — 38.0 mi, 223° SW
  • Heritage Center II (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 195° S
  • Heritage Center I (Museum) — 39.4 mi, 195° S
  • Dawes County Historical Museum (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 221° SW
  • Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.3 mi, 105° E · 33k acres
  • Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 44.7 mi, 038° NE
  • Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 46.8 mi, 276° W · 1.3M acres
  • Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 011° N
  • Creston Dinosaur (Attraction) — 47.9 mi, 348° N
  • Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 48.9 mi, 037° NE
  • Wind Cave National Park (National Park) — 49.3 mi, 300° NW · 34k acres
  • Oglala National Grassland (National Grassland) — 50.2 mi, 244° SW · 95k acres
  • Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 50.4 mi, 219° SW · 6,651 acres
  • Art House (Gallery) — 51.5 mi, 286° W
  • Black Elk Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.0 mi, 313° NW · 14k acres

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About This Manderson-White Horse Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.235, -102.4916. 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 Manderson-White Horse Creek includes the ZIP code (57756), telephone area code (605), county seat of Oglala Lakota County (Hot Springs), and school district assignment (Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1).

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 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.