Ramona South Dakota Map

About Ramona, South Dakota

Ramona is a locality in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 159. The population density is 224.1 people per km². Ramona is located at 44.1194°N, 97.2165°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ramona is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57054.

Ramona emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the South Dakota prairie like a quiet affirmation of earth and sky. It lies 24.6 miles west-southwest of Brookings, SD (from Brookings, SD: bearing 238°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-northwest of Madison. The horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, where the heavy, bruised light of a gathering storm often meets the flat, fertile dark of the soil. Dry Lake holds the stillness of the afternoon in its basin just a mile away, mirroring the shifting clouds that drift over the plains. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned earth, a constant reminder of the land’s enduring scale. To the west, the subtle rise of Macey Hill breaks the infinite line of the horizon, a distant point of reference in a landscape that otherwise favors the horizontal sweep of the plains.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Ramona, a rhythm measured in the slow turning of seasons and the harvest’s yield. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the legacy of early homesteaders persists in the sturdy geometry of grain elevators and the quiet persistence of the grid. Life moves with a deliberate, steady pace, anchored by the nearby presence of Dooley, a SCA that preserves the native grasses and wild character of the region. Even the flow of Battle Creek, winding four miles away, seems to echo the town's modesty, offering a slow, winding persistence that defines the character of the surrounding territory. In Ramona, the days are defined by the labor of the soil and the vast, unobstructed clarity of the sun as it descends, painting the fields in shades of amber and deep, cooling violet.

About This Ramona Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ramona, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.119417, -97.216453. 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 Ramona includes the ZIP code (57054), telephone area code (605), county seat of Lake County (Madison), and school district assignment (Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 39-6).

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.