Explore Pringle, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pringle, 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 Pringle.
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 | Pringle |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Custer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 43.608592 |
| Longitude | -103.593806 |
| Population | 109 |
| Density | 173.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57773 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Custer |
| School District | Custer School District 16-1 |
Pringle occupies a stretch of high, rugged country where the terrain shifts between dense woodland and open, exposed granite. It lies 37.3 miles south-southwest of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 209°T), and is situated 13.6 miles north-northwest of Hot Springs. Beaver Creek carves a path through the landscape, its presence marked by the persistent sound of water moving over stone and the softening of the earth along its banks. To the west, the Black Hills National Forest offers a vast, timbered horizon, while the proximity of Beaver Valley adds a sense of depth to the immediate surroundings. Elk Knob rises five miles to the north, a silent sentinel that captures the changing light of the day, turning from a muted bronze at midday to a deep, bruised violet as the shadows lengthen across the grass.
Pringle retains the quiet, deliberate pace of a place shaped by the industry of the land, where the rhythms of local life remain tied to the cycles of the forest and the open range. The history of the area is held in the quiet endurance of its structures and the heavy, resinous scent of pine that hangs in the air after a storm. Residents often look toward the more distant Centennial Trail for a sense of connection to the wider region, yet the focus remains local, centered on the steady work required to sustain life in such a demanding climate. Life here is defined by the seasons and the simple, stark beauty of a landscape that asks for patience and offers, in return, the clarity of a wide, unpolluted sky.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pringle, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.608592, -103.593806. 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 Pringle includes the ZIP code (57773), telephone area code (605), county seat of Custer County (Custer), and school district assignment (Custer School District 16-1).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |