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Running Water South Dakota Map

Explore Running Water, 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 Running Water, South Dakota

How to Use This Running Water, South Dakota Map

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

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	Running Water
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Bon Homme County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.782167
Longitude	-97.981669
Population	47
Density	8.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57062
Area Code	605
County Seat	Tyndall
School District	Bon Homme School District 04-2

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About Running Water, South Dakota

Running Water is a locality in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 47. The population density is 8.7 people per km². Running Water is located at 42.7822°N, 97.9817°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57062.

Running Water occupies a low, quiet bend where the expansive, silt-heavy Missouri River presses against the southern edge of the state, defining the horizon with a slow, muscular grace. It lies 30.5 miles west-southwest of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 257°T), and is situated 7.3 miles southwest of Springfield. The land here rises in muted, grassy swells, punctuated by the sharp prominence of Maidens Leap, which watches over the terrain like a sentinel of eroded stone. Within the Running Water Game Production Area, the earth remains largely undisturbed, a sanctuary of wild prairie grasses that ripple under the persistent, dry wind. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, amber weight, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields and turning the surface of the nearby Lewis and Clark Lake into a sheet of hammered pewter.

Running Water persists as a quiet intersection of human endeavor and the unyielding demands of the plains, far removed from the frantic pace of the industrial centers. Its economic pulse remains tied to the cycles of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the landscape, where the legacy of early homesteaders lingers in the weathered fence lines and the sturdy, pragmatic architecture of the region. Travelers occasionally pass through on their way to the Niobrara Trails, seeking the solitude of the open country, yet the spirit of Running Water stays tethered to the river’s steady, northward flow. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the quiet accumulation of days spent under an immense, pale sky, where the distant, silent presence of the land commands a deep, instinctive respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Emanuel Creek To Running Water (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 154° SE
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 171° S
Running Water Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 185° S
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 3.3 mi, 241° SW
Niobrara Confluence Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 261° W
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 229° SW
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 070° E
Emanuel Creek Unit (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 043° NE
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 192° S
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 048° NE
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 22.3 mi, 077° E
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 296° NW
Ancient Tortoise (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 200° S
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 29.6 mi, 079° E · 870 acres
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.3 mi, 299° NW · 2,165 acres
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 075° E
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 079° E
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 162° S
Ulmer Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 33.2 mi, 042° NE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 319° NW · 2,043 acres
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 345° N
Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 107° E
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 37.9 mi, 107° E
Gayville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 41.7 mi, 079° E
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 53.3 mi, 090° E
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 53.6 mi, 090° E
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 61.7 mi, 127° SE
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 63.1 mi, 358° N
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 64.6 mi, 358° N
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 71.6 mi, 094° E

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