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Old Elm Spring Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Old Elm Spring 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 Old Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Old Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Old Elm Spring 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 Old Elm Spring 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	Old Elm Spring Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Hutchinson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.495556
Longitude	-97.799444
Population	114
Density	45.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57366
Area Code	605
County Seat	Olivet
School District	Parkston School District 33-3

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About Old Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota

Old Elm Spring Colony is a locality in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 45.1 people per km². Old Elm Spring Colony is located at 43.4956°N, 97.7994°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57366.

Old Elm Spring Colony commands a quiet stretch of the Northern Plains, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate meander of the James River as it carves through the surrounding prairie. It lies 18.7 miles southeast of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 142°T), and is situated 55.2 miles west of Sioux Falls. The landscape here is one of vast, open horizons where the sky exerts a heavy, constant influence, shifting from the pale, bruised violet of dawn to a deep, resonant indigo as the sun retreats behind the flat line of the earth. Six miles to the south, the waters of Lake Dimock offer a rare stillness, reflecting the expansive clouds that drift over the fields, while the grasses of the nearby Hogrefe SCA provide a modest sanctuary for the local fauna. The air possesses a sharpness that seems to scrub the horizon clean, leaving the distant, hazy contours of the land etched with a startling, crystalline clarity.

Old Elm Spring Colony exists as a testament to a communal way of life, its history rooted in a tradition of self-sufficiency that continues to shape the daily cadence of the people who dwell there. The local economy remains anchored to the soil, with agricultural productivity dictating the rhythm of the seasons, from the frantic industry of the harvest to the long, contemplative silence of the winter months. Life in Old Elm Spring Colony moves with an internal, measured pace, indifferent to the hurried expectations of the outside world, focusing instead on the maintenance of the homesteads and the shared labor that binds the inhabitants together. Even when the wind pulls at the tall, dry stalks of late autumn, there is a profound sense of continuity in the way the colony manages its resources, honoring a heritage that values the quiet dignity of work and the steady, unyielding cycle of the prairie year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hogrefe (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 161° S
Solay (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 203° SW
Hutchinson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 230° SW
Hanson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 360° N
Forsch Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 054° NE
Ringnecks Rising Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 321° NW
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 322° NW
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 321° NW
Davison County Memorial (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 323° NW
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 18.8 mi, 324° NW
Home of the Second Corn Palace (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 323° NW
Silverlake MB Church Monument (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 100° E
Long Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.3 mi, 013° N
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 21.2 mi, 327° NW
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 229° SW
Ulmer Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 27.5 mi, 152° SE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.2 mi, 240° SW · 2,043 acres
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 35.5 mi, 170° S
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 45.9 mi, 164° S
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 46.3 mi, 154° SE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 46.4 mi, 079° E
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 041° NE
Prairie Village (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 042° NE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 47.9 mi, 155° SE · 870 acres
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 48.1 mi, 154° SE
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.3 mi, 229° SW · 2,165 acres
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 51.8 mi, 194° S
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 52.8 mi, 193° S
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 53.8 mi, 085° E
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 53.8 mi, 086° E

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