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Roswell South Dakota Map

Explore Roswell, 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 Roswell, South Dakota

How to Use This Roswell, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.007198
Longitude	-97.695908
Population	8
Density	7.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57349
Area Code	605
County Seat	Howard
School District	Howard School District 48-3

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About Roswell, South Dakota

Roswell is a locality in Miner County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 8. The population density is 7.6 people per km². Roswell is located at 44.0072°N, 97.6959°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57349.

Roswell sits as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, open expanse of the South Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a sky of immense, pale clarity. It lies 26.5 miles northeast of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 39°T), and is situated 28.9 miles west of Madison. The landscape around Roswell is defined by the steady, rhythmic pulse of agricultural fields, interrupted only by the low, grassy swells of the earth and the occasional cluster of cottonwoods that break the wind. To the north, the terrain dips toward the banks of Rock Creek, a narrow ribbon of water that carves a subtle, winding path through the soil, while the nearby Miner County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the grasses turn to a deep, brittle gold as the season wanes. Even the air feels distilled here, carrying the faint, dry scent of turned earth and the cooling breath of the Twin Lakes, which mirror the shifting clouds in their still, shallow basins.

History in Roswell is etched into the grid of its sparse streets and the enduring skeletons of grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the weather. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a slow, patient industry that demands a particular kind of vigilance from those who work the land. Life in Roswell moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled rural outpost, where the social geography is measured by the distance between neighbors and the shared endurance of the Midwestern climate. Far to the west, the faint, blue suggestion of Big Mound provides a distant anchor for the eye, reminding any observer that this flat, persistent plains country is merely one layer of a much larger, ancient geology. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a heavy, pervasive presence that defines the character of every day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miner County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 081° E
Burke (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 173° S
Twin Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 202° S
Lewis Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 310° NW
Fischer (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 012° N
Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.9 mi, 160° S
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 24.1 mi, 223° SW
Flame of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 24.8 mi, 223° SW
Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 357° N
The Kiwanis Woodlot Monument (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 222° SW
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 25.7 mi, 219° SW
Home of the Second Corn Palace (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 219° SW
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 090° E
Prairie Village (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 090° E
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 217° SW
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 218° SW
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 313° NW
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 46.3 mi, 031° NE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 48.1 mi, 123° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 49.1 mi, 064° NE
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 51.6 mi, 289° W
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 57.6 mi, 123° SE
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 57.6 mi, 123° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 57.7 mi, 123° SE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.7 mi, 214° SW · 2,043 acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.1 mi, 102° E · 12k acres

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