Riverside Colony South Dakota Map
Explore Riverside 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 Riverside Colony, South Dakota
How to Use This Riverside Colony, South Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Riverside 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 Riverside 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 | Riverside Colony |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Beadle County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.486369 |
| Longitude | -98.139257 |
| Population | 72 |
| Density | 36.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 57350 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Huron |
| School District | Huron School District 02-2 |
About Riverside Colony, South Dakota
Riverside Colony is a locality in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 36.1 people per km². Riverside Colony is located at 44.4864°N, 98.1393°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57350.Riverside Colony reveals itself as a low-slung arrangement of structures held within the quiet, expansive reach of the prairie. It lies 9.3 miles north-northeast of Huron, SD (from Huron, SD: bearing 23°T), and is situated 57.8 miles west-southwest of Watertown. The James River carves a serpentine path through the sediment nearby, its waters moving with a deliberate, heavy stillness that dictates the pace of the surrounding flatlands. To the west, the distant, hazy suggestion of Doland Ridge provides a faint serrated edge to the horizon, grounding the wide-open sky. In the cool hours of dusk, the light stretches across the tall grasses, turning the muted earth into a field of deepening copper and bronze before the stars reclaim the dark.
Riverside Colony persists as a quiet testament to the agrarian persistence that defines this corner of the plains, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the soil and the seasonal rhythm of harvest. Five miles away, the Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for the migratory life that mirrors the seasonal shifts of the local inhabitants, while Lake Byron offers a steady, reflective presence on the landscape. The history here is written in the furrows of the fields and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the outbuildings, reflecting a life lived in direct negotiation with the elements. Residents maintain a steady, practical existence, finding a particular beauty in the stark clarity of the winter air and the persistent, quiet growth that characterizes the land between the river and the road.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 307° NW
- Mallard Slough (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 014° N
- Lake Byron Northeast (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 013° N
- Mud Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 349° N
- Cavour Lake (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 144° SE
- World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 200° S
- Ravine Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 201° S
- Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 208° SW
- Kunhart Softball Complex (Local Recreation) — 9.9 mi, 209° SW
- Soccer Fields (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 208° SW
- Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 111° E
- Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 31.2 mi, 239° SW
- Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 33.6 mi, 243° SW
- Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 46.1 mi, 081° E
- Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 46.2 mi, 082° E
- Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 51.0 mi, 174° S
- Flame of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 51.7 mi, 174° S
- Saaranen Beach (State Park) — 52.7 mi, 082° E
- Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 53.5 mi, 174° S
- McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 54.7 mi, 174° S
- Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 55.0 mi, 174° S
- The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 124° SE
- Prairie Village (Museum) — 58.4 mi, 124° SE
- Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 66.3 mi, 002° N
- Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 67.1 mi, 100° E
- Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 68.6 mi, 240° SW
- Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 68.8 mi, 346° N
- Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.5 mi, 031° NE · 9,262 acres
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About This Riverside Colony Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverside Colony, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.486369, -98.139257. 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 Riverside Colony includes the ZIP code (57350), telephone area code (605), county seat of Beadle County (Huron), and school district assignment (Huron School District 02-2).
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. |
