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Newport Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Newport Colony, 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 Newport Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Newport Colony, South Dakota Map

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

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	Newport Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Marshall County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.67902
Longitude	-97.932944
Population	114
Density	173.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57432
Area Code	605
County Seat	Britton
School District	Langford School District 45-5

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About Newport Colony, South Dakota

Newport Colony is a locality in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 173.3 people per km². Newport Colony is located at 45.6790°N, 97.9329°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57432.

Newport Colony sits upon the expansive, open plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale against a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 30.6 miles east-northeast of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 61°T), and is situated 42.6 miles west of Sisseton. The landscape surrounding Newport Colony is defined by the persistent, rhythmic sway of prairie grasses and the quiet endurance of soil that has felt the tread of generations. Six miles to the west, the winding path of Crow Creek carves a subtle, verdant scar through the arid expanse, providing a necessary reprieve for the local wildlife. To the north, the terrain rises in muted, earth-toned swells that suggest the distant presence of Six Mile Hill, a landmark that anchors the view when the afternoon light turns a bruised, heavy gold. The air here carries the scent of dry earth and dormant wheat, a stillness that is rarely broken except by the low, sweeping velocity of wind moving across the flat expanse.

History in Newport Colony is written in the simple, functional architecture of agrarian life, where the survival of the settlement has long been tethered to the cycles of the harvest. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the cultivation of the surrounding fields, a practice that demands a patient, methodical observation of the seasons. Residents often look toward the conservation efforts at Renziehausen, a nearby area that preserves a fragment of the original, unplowed prairie, reminding those who live nearby of the land as it existed before the plow. While Hickman Lake lies nine miles away, providing a singular, reflective pool in the vastness of the plains, the daily life of the inhabitants is directed toward the rhythms of the grain elevator and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the homestead. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual change in the quality of light as it shifts across the stubble of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Renziehausen (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 346° N
Putney #3 (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 272° W
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 343° N
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd (Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 343° N
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 049° NE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.5 mi, 305° NW · 39k acres
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 18.0 mi, 206° SW
White Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.9 mi, 051° NE
Roy Lake (State Recreation Area) — 22.2 mi, 083° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 106° E
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 237° SW
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.3 mi, 037° NE · 14k acres
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 241° SW
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 30.8 mi, 240° SW
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 282° W
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 34.8 mi, 253° W
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 35.2 mi, 050° NE
Samuel J Brown State Monument (Monument) — 53.1 mi, 096° E
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 54.1 mi, 024° NE · 70k acres
Big Stone Lake State Park (State Park) — 60.4 mi, 104° E
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 68.1 mi, 126° SE
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 70.4 mi, 116° SE
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 70.4 mi, 116° SE
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 73.2 mi, 297° NW
Wilkin County Museum (Museum) — 76.4 mi, 057° NE
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 77.3 mi, 109° E

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