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Pembrook Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Pembrook 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 Pembrook Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Pembrook Colony, South Dakota Map

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

CityPembrook Colony
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyEdmunds County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude45.3728
Longitude-98.994
Population135
Density291.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code57451
Area Code605
County SeatIpswich
School DistrictIpswich School District 22-6

About Pembrook Colony, South Dakota

Pembrook Colony is a locality in Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 135. The population density is 291.2 people per km². Pembrook Colony is located at 45.3728°N, 98.9940°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57451.

Pembrook Colony emerges from the vast, open expanse of the South Dakota prairie where the sky occupies more of the horizon than the earth itself. It lies 25.4 miles west-southwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 256°T), and is situated 97.2 miles west-northwest of Watertown. The land here holds a quiet, austere beauty, defined by the relentless flatness of the plains that stretch toward a distant, hazy edge. Only a mile away, the North Fork Snake Creek carves a thin, meandering path through the soil, offering a vital ribbon of moisture to the otherwise sun-bleached grasses. Five miles to the west, the quiet waters of Blank Dam catch the amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the shifting clouds in a stillness that feels heavy with the weight of the day. Travelers might find the Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area nearby, a stretch of protected habitat where the air stays cool and sharp, carrying the scent of damp earth and tall, wind-brushed stalks.

Pembrook Colony exists as a testament to the endurance of those who settled this unforgiving, wind-swept territory to carve a living from the stubborn soil. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of agriculture, with the cycles of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life far more than the ticking of a clock. Grain silos stand as the sentinels of the landscape, their metal surfaces gleaming under the harsh, unblinking glare of the sun. The history of the region is etched into the architecture of the older buildings, where wood and stone have weathered decades of brutal winters and scorching summers without complaint. Life in Pembrook Colony proceeds with a deliberate, steady pace, reflecting a culture that values the quiet labor of the fields and the deep, communal silence that falls when the evening shadows lengthen across the dust.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 216° SW
  • Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 237° SW
  • Faulk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.5 mi, 219° SW
  • Shaner (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 076° E
  • Mina (State Recreation Area) — 13.0 mi, 064° NE
  • Scatterwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 132° SE
  • Ordway/Mcpherson/Johnson'S Gulch Fee (Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 346° N
  • Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 058° NE
  • Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 075° E
  • Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 077° E
  • Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 079° E
  • Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 33.9 mi, 034° NE
  • Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.6 mi, 059° NE · 39k acres
  • Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 43.8 mi, 083° E
  • National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 56.1 mi, 345° N
  • Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 66.7 mi, 064° NE
  • Mile 173 Border Monument (Monument) — 68.3 mi, 306° NW
  • Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 70.6 mi, 279° W
  • The Klein Museum (Museum) — 71.6 mi, 280° W
  • Beaver Lake State Park (State Park) — 77.0 mi, 337° NW
  • Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 77.7 mi, 171° S
  • Sargent County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 78.5 mi, 044° NE · 646 acres
  • Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 79.0 mi, 169° S
  • Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 79.2 mi, 152° SE

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About This Pembrook Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pembrook Colony, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.3728, -98.994. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Pembrook Colony includes the ZIP code (57451), telephone area code (605), county seat of Edmunds County (Ipswich), and school district assignment (Ipswich School District 22-6).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.