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Montrose South Dakota Map

Explore Montrose, 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 Montrose, South Dakota

How to Use This Montrose, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.698589
Longitude	-97.183671
Population	468
Density	429.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57048
Area Code	605
County Seat	Salem
School District	Montrose School District 43-2

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About Montrose, South Dakota

Montrose is a locality in McCook County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 468. The population density is 429.2 people per km². Montrose is located at 43.6986°N, 97.1837°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Montrose is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57048.

Montrose occupies a vast, level expanse of the prairie, where the horizon pulls the sky downward to meet the earth in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 26.3 miles west-northwest of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 293°T), and is situated 13.1 miles west-northwest of Hartford. The East Fork Vermillion River carves a quiet, meandering path through this terrain, its banks providing a subtle indentation in the otherwise flat, agricultural grid. During the late afternoon, the sunlight slants low across the fields, turning the dry grasses into a sea of muted gold and gray, while the silhouette of Rocky Ridge remains a faint, jagged promise far to the west. A few miles away, the Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden, percussive rise of wings from the tall reeds. When the wind moves across the plains, it carries the scent of turned soil and distant rain, a reminder that the land here is governed entirely by the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the frost.

Montrose emerged from the expansion of the railroad, serving as a vital junction for the movement of grain and livestock that defined the early economy of the region. Today, the local character remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding farms, where silos rise like sentinels against the clouds and the pace of work follows the necessities of the harvest. Families often travel toward East Vermillion Lake to find a reprieve in the quiet water, observing how the surface mirrors the shifting colors of the prairie dusk. The economy is modest and resilient, built on the persistence of those who navigate the heavy winters and the intense heat of the summer months. Life in Montrose maintains a deliberate, steady tempo, grounded in the familiarity of neighbors and the enduring, quiet beauty of an open landscape that refuses to be crowded.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 084° E
Healy Slough (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 193° S
East Vermillion Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 172° S
Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 250° W
Twin Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 074° E
Horsted Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 031° NE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 109° E
Madison Veterans Honor Park (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 010° N
Silverlake MB Church Monument (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 215° SW
Prairie Village (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 002° N
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 002° N
USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 117° SE
Pettigrew Home & Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 115° SE
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 114° SE
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 114° SE
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 114° SE
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 25.0 mi, 114° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 25.0 mi, 114° SE
Children's Art Wall (Public Artwork) — 25.0 mi, 113° SE
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 114° SE
West Mall 7 Theaters (Cinema) — 25.0 mi, 121° SE
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 25.1 mi, 115° SE
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 25.1 mi, 115° SE
Rehfeld's Art & Framing (Gallery) — 25.2 mi, 115° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.5 mi, 080° E · 12k acres
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 41.6 mi, 072° E
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 47.6 mi, 063° NE · 302 acres
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 58.6 mi, 191° S · 870 acres

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