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Mellette South Dakota Map

Explore Mellette, 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 Mellette, South Dakota

How to Use This Mellette, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.15442
Longitude	-98.497594
Population	199
Density	300.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57461
Area Code	605
County Seat	Redfield
School District	Northwestern Area School District 56-7

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About Mellette, South Dakota

Mellette is a locality in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 199. The population density is 300.1 people per km². Mellette is located at 45.1544°N, 98.4976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mellette is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57461.

Mellette occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Great Plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth below. It lies 21.4 miles south of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 181°T), and is situated 56.4 miles north-northwest of Huron. The land here is defined by the slow, deliberate meanderings of the James River, which flows only three miles away, carving a subtle path through the deep, black soil that characterizes the regional prairie. To the west, the distant Redfield Hills rise as a faint, jagged suggestion against the fading light of dusk, while the local terrain remains defined by the rhythmic cycles of wind and seasonal harvest. Near the Spink County Waterfowl Production Area, the air grows heavy with the scent of dried grasses and damp earth, a reminder that the landscape is not merely empty space, but a living, breathing connection to the wilder corners of the state.

Mellette emerged from the late nineteenth-century expansion of the railroad, serving as a vital point for the grain trade that continues to dictate the pace of life for those who remain. The economy stays rooted in the cultivation of wheat and corn, the golden stalks swaying in unison during the heat of midsummer, while South Scatterwood Lake sits thirteen miles distant, a silent reservoir for the region’s migratory birds. Daily life in Mellette follows the slow, circular logic of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the moisture of the soil and the timing of the first frost. Even in the stillness of the afternoon, one can hear the faint hum of machinery in the distance, a sound that serves as a pulse for a locality that prefers the steady, predictable gravity of the farm to the restless noise of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 295° NW
Mansfield (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 323° NW
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 338° N
Bierman (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 297° NW
Price Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 241° SW
Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 280° W
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 002° N
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 011° N
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 001° N
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 26.9 mi, 347° N
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 28.0 mi, 044° NE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.2 mi, 014° N · 39k acres
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 43.5 mi, 353° N
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 56.1 mi, 165° S
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 56.2 mi, 166° S
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 57.0 mi, 039° NE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 57.7 mi, 059° NE
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.8 mi, 071° E · 9,262 acres
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 62.8 mi, 191° S
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 63.0 mi, 188° S
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 74.5 mi, 122° SE
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 79.3 mi, 331° NW

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