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Roscoe South Dakota Map

Explore Roscoe, 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 Roscoe, South Dakota

How to Use This Roscoe, South Dakota Map

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

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	Roscoe
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Edmunds County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.448588
Longitude	-99.338728
Population	269
Density	271.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57471
Area Code	605
County Seat	Ipswich
School District	Edmunds Central School District 22-5

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About Roscoe, South Dakota

Roscoe is a locality in Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 269. The population density is 271.9 people per km². Roscoe is located at 45.4486°N, 99.3387°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roscoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57471.

Roscoe occupies a flat expanse of the northern plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 41.3 miles west of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 269°T), and is situated 53.1 miles east of Mobridge. Sunlight here has a way of bleaching the horizon, turning the stubble of harvested fields into a pale, uniform gold that stretches until it meets the thin blue line of the atmosphere. The land is defined by the absence of obstruction, allowing the wind to shape the drift of snow in winter and the tall grasses of the Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area in the warmer months. Nearby, the North Fork Snake Creek carves a shallow, quiet path through the soil, offering a rare break in the endless grid of farmland. To the west, the landscape holds a stillness that suggests the distance between points is measured not by miles, but by the slow, steady shift of light across the open prairie.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of life in Roscoe, where the seasons are marked by the cycle of planting and the heavy, dusty work of the harvest. Grain elevators stand as the primary architecture of the skyline, serving as functional monuments to an economy rooted in the productivity of the surrounding acreage. History here is found in the persistence of those who worked the soil, adapting to the harsh temperament of the climate and the isolation of the plains. A short distance away, the waters of Cleveland Dam provide a singular point of focus in an otherwise sprawling, repetitive vista, reflecting the vastness of the clouds above. The rhythm of daily life remains tethered to these environmental realities, manifesting in a quiet, deliberate pace that honors the practical requirements of a life lived close to the ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edmunds County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 161° S
Losee (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 171° S
Schaber (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 014° N
Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.0 mi, 358° N
Ordway/Mcpherson/Johnson'S Gulch Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.3 mi, 030° NE
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.0 mi, 267° W
Swan Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.4 mi, 245° SW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 35.2 mi, 080° E
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 41.3 mi, 088° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 41.6 mi, 089° E
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 42.4 mi, 057° NE
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 44.6 mi, 089° E
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 49.1 mi, 003° N
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.9 mi, 073° E · 39k acres
Mile 173 Border Monument (Monument) — 51.9 mi, 311° NW
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 53.4 mi, 276° W
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 54.3 mi, 278° W
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 60.2 mi, 090° E
Beaver Lake State Park (State Park) — 67.0 mi, 349° N
Logan County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.5 mi, 355° N · 326 acres
State Game Production Area (National Conservation Area) — 76.5 mi, 206° SW · 150 acres
Sitting Bull Visitor Center (Attraction) — 78.1 mi, 305° NW

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