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Martin South Dakota Map

Explore Martin, 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 Martin, South Dakota

How to Use This Martin, South Dakota Map

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

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.

CityMartin
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyBennett County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude43.172498
Longitude-101.732648
Population938
Density645.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code57551
Area Code605
County SeatMartin
School DistrictBennett County School District 03-1

About Martin, South Dakota

Martin is a locality in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 938. The population density is 645.6 people per km². Martin is located at 43.1725°N, 101.7326°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Martin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57551.

Martin asserts its presence across the high, open plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 93.2 miles southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 134°T), and is situated 42.8 miles east-northeast of Pine Ridge. The landscape around Martin unfolds in vast, quiet stretches of prairie, broken only by the thin, silver thread of Heckel Creek as it meanders through the sage and dry grasses. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of Brushy Butte rises against the immense vault of the heavens, providing a singular point of reference in a world of wide, shifting light. During the hushed hours of dusk, the sun bleeds a bruised plum color over the flat expanse, turning the dust of the fields into a fine, glowing veil that settles over the land with a heavy, ancient patience.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Martin, an economy measured in the turning of soil and the grazing of herds that move like slow, dark clouds across the fenced pastures. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, Todd offers a sanctuary of native grasses and quiet solitude, reflecting the rugged resilience of a region defined by its isolation and its connection to the tribal lands nearby. Life in Martin follows the deliberate tempo of the seasons, where the arrival of winter snows or the dry heat of midsummer dictates the work of the day. Residents find a quiet kinship in the space between the solitude of the plains and the sparse, enduring architecture of the local streets, where the wind carries the scent of cured hay and the promise of a long, clear night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Todd (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 168° S
  • Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.9 mi, 167° S · 33k acres
  • Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 170° S
  • Shell Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 222° SW
  • Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 28.8 mi, 298° NW
  • Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 31.8 mi, 266° W
  • Wounded Knee cemetery (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 267° W
  • Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 224° SW
  • AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 223° SW
  • Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 140° SE · 116k acres
  • Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 36.8 mi, 360° N · 587k acres
  • Badlands National Park (National Park) — 39.9 mi, 346° N · 111k acres
  • Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 345° N
  • Window (Viewpoint) — 41.7 mi, 347° N
  • Red Cloud Heritage Center (Attraction) — 43.5 mi, 262° W
  • Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.7 mi, 339° N · 62k acres
  • Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 44.3 mi, 349° N
  • Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 48.3 mi, 230° SW
  • Mari Sandoz Museum (Museum) — 52.5 mi, 207° SW
  • Snake River Falls (Attraction) — 56.1 mi, 127° SE
  • Millette County Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 56.6 mi, 061° NE
  • Lulu the T-Rex (Public Artwork) — 57.8 mi, 031° NE
  • Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 58.2 mi, 331° NW
  • Heritage Center II (Museum) — 58.9 mi, 235° SW
  • Valentine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.4 mi, 128° SE · 145k acres
  • Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 65.8 mi, 106° E · 4,631 acres
  • Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 66.5 mi, 242° SW · 141k acres
  • Sunday Matinee (Cinema) — 68.3 mi, 250° W
  • Valentine National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 69.0 mi, 130° SE · 15k acres

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About This Martin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Martin, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.172498, -101.732648. 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 Martin includes the ZIP code (57551), telephone area code (605), county seat of Bennett County (Martin), and school district assignment (Bennett County School District 03-1).

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.