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Mound City South Dakota Map

Explore Mound City, 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 Mound City, South Dakota

How to Use This Mound City, South Dakota Map

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

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	Mound City
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Campbell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.72527
Longitude	-100.068452
Population	69
Density	209.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57646
Area Code	605
County Seat	Mound City
School District	Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6

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About Mound City, South Dakota

Mound City is a locality in Campbell County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. The population density is 209.8 people per km². Mound City is located at 45.7253°N, 100.0685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mound City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57646.

Mound City anchors itself upon the vast, open expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled thread across a quilt of gold and green. It lies 78.6 miles west-northwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 284°T), and is situated 21.7 miles northeast of Mobridge. The earth here possesses a sturdy, unyielding character, defined by the slow, deliberate work of wind and seasons upon the prairie soil. Two miles away, the waters of Renz Lake mirror the shifting moods of the sky, gathering the pale light of dawn and the bruised purples of evening. Nearby, the American Game Association wildlife area offers a quiet refuge for the native grasses and creatures that thrive in the absence of human haste. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape holds its breath, waiting for the seasonal cycle to turn, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Lonesome Butte marks the far edge of the traveler’s imagination.

Mound City emerged from the ambition of early homesteaders who saw promise in the deep, fertile loam and the resilience required to tame the high plains. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the local livelihood flowing from the quiet, persistent industry of agriculture that defines the surrounding landscape. Water sustains this life, as Olson Creek meanders through the lower reaches of the terrain, providing a vital, steady pulse to the local fields. To the southwest, the broad, ancient depression of the Blue Blanket Lakebed hints at a deeper geological history, a relic of a time when the water carved more aggressively into the crust. Life in Mound City moves with the measured cadence of a pendulum, where the weight of heritage is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring habit of communal labor and the simple, honest beauty of a day spent under the immense, unclouded dome of the prairie sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

American Game Association (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 180° S
Campbell County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 091° E
Sand Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 180° S
Salt Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 137° SE
Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 262° W
Lake Oahe (Recreation Area) — 10.0 mi, 262° W
Mile 173 Border Monument (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 345° N
Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 18.9 mi, 090° E
Eureka (State Conservation Area) — 19.9 mi, 088° E
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 237° SW
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.2 mi, 233° SW
Leavenworth Battle (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 243° SW
Mile 186½ North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 311° NW
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.1 mi, 349° N
Sitting Bull Visitor Center (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 311° NW
Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.0 mi, 336° NW · 329 acres
Beaver Lake State Park (State Park) — 51.3 mi, 025° NE
Cedar River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.1 mi, 289° W · 6,714 acres
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.1 mi, 355° N · 28k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 71.1 mi, 100° E
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 78.5 mi, 103° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 79.0 mi, 103° E

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