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Porcupine South Dakota Map

Explore Porcupine, 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 Porcupine, South Dakota

How to Use This Porcupine, South Dakota Map

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

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	Porcupine
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Oglala Lakota County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	43.268712
Longitude	-102.335326
Population	925
Density	37.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57772
Area Code	605
County Seat	Hot Springs
School District	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1

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About Porcupine, South Dakota

Porcupine is a locality in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 925. The population density is 37.4 people per km². Porcupine is located at 43.2687°N, 102.3353°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57772.

Porcupine reveals itself through the low, insistent rush of Porcupine Creek, which carves a modest path through the expansive, sun-bleached prairie. It lies 70.7 miles south-southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 148°T), and is situated 18.7 miles northeast of Pine Ridge. The land here stretches out in a vast, open patience, where the horizon is defined by the solitary rise of Porcupine Butte, standing watch over the plains like a sentinel of earth and stone. To the west, the subtle shadows of Iron Cloud Canyon deepen as the afternoon light shifts, turning the tawny grasses into a field of muted gold. Even the air feels different here, possessing a dry, sharp clarity that carries the scent of sage and ancient soil across the unbroken ground.

Porcupine holds a quiet, enduring connection to the history of the Oglala Lakota people, serving as a place where the traditions of the past remain a tangible part of the daily rhythm. Economic life moves at the pace of the seasons, rooted in the stewardship of the land and the resilience of the families who have called these plains home for generations. While the stillness of the landscape might suggest isolation, the social pulse remains strong, particularly in the local schools and meeting places where the community gathers. Those seeking the wider, wilder reach of the region often look toward the distance of Unknown Park or the horizon beyond Denby Lake, yet Porcupine remains the anchor, a place where the wind moves through the grass with a sound that is both haunting and deeply familiar.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 036° NE
Wounded Knee cemetery (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 190° S
Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 189° S
Red Cloud Heritage Center (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 224° SW
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 20.6 mi, 359° N · 111k acres
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 29.0 mi, 002° N · 587k acres
Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 168° S
Metcalf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.7 mi, 210° SW
AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 168° S
Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.3 mi, 356° N · 62k acres
Red Shirt Table Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.9 mi, 306° NW
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 113° SE · 33k acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 38.3 mi, 030° NE
Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 189° S
Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 42.6 mi, 030° NE
Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 002° N
Heritage Center II (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 204° SW
Heritage Center I (Museum) — 44.2 mi, 204° SW
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 44.5 mi, 223° SW · 141k acres
Sunday Matinee (Cinema) — 45.2 mi, 228° SW
Cowboy Artwork (Public Artwork) — 45.8 mi, 263° W
Dawes County Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.7 mi, 227° SW
Creston Dinosaur (Attraction) — 48.0 mi, 338° N
Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 54.5 mi, 273° W · 1.3M acres
Wind Cave National Park (National Park) — 55.2 mi, 294° NW · 34k acres
Custer State Park (State Park) — 56.9 mi, 298° NW
Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 57.3 mi, 224° SW · 6,651 acres
Mann School (Historic Ruins) — 57.8 mi, 325° NW
Oglala National Grassland (National Grassland) — 58.4 mi, 245° SW · 95k acres
Black Elk Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 66.5 mi, 307° NW · 14k acres

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