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Rustic Acres Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Rustic Acres 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 Rustic Acres Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Rustic Acres Colony, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rustic Acres 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 Rustic Acres 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	Rustic Acres Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Lake County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.871772
Longitude	-97.090838
Population	132
Density	50.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57042
Area Code	605
County Seat	Madison
School District	Chester School District 39-1

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About Rustic Acres Colony, South Dakota

Rustic Acres Colony is a locality in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 50.9 people per km². Rustic Acres Colony is located at 43.8718°N, 97.0908°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57042.

Rustic Acres Colony endures as a quiet expanse of prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the low, distant silhouette of Rocky Ridge. It lies 29.6 miles northwest of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Madison. North Buffalo Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth a mile from the center, its banks lined with hardy grasses that turn the color of dried wheat under the persistent, wide-open sky. Two miles to the north, Diamond Lake settles into the plains, offering a stillness that mirrors the clouds during the long, amber hours of late afternoon. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, and the ground is a composition of fine soil and stubborn roots that have held fast against the wind for generations.

Rustic Acres Colony maintains its character through the steady labor of the soil and the legacy of agricultural self-reliance. Residents often find their way to Diamond Lake for the quiet communion of open space, a preserve that serves as a reminder of the land’s original, uncultivated state. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the harvest and the maintenance of homestead infrastructure dictate the pace of the year. Life here avoids the frantic pulse of larger centers, favoring instead a communal focus on the land and the preservation of a way of life that values the weight of a day’s work and the simple, profound silence that follows the setting of the sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Diamond Lake (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 185° S
Minnehaha County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 206° SW
Buffalo Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.3 mi, 135° SE
Mccook County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 222° SW
Fods Slough (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 359° N
Buffalo Slough (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 088° E
Madison Veterans Honor Park (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 354° N
Prairie Village (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 338° N
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 337° NW
Fireman Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.8 mi, 061° NE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 150° SE
The Amidon Affair (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 137° SE
Minnehaha County Pioneers Memorial (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 137° SE
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 141° SE
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 140° SE
Pettigrew Home & Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 141° SE
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 141° SE
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 28.6 mi, 141° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 28.6 mi, 141° SE
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 141° SE
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 28.9 mi, 141° SE
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 28.9 mi, 141° SE
Rehfeld's Art & Framing (Gallery) — 29.0 mi, 141° SE
West Mall 7 Theaters (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 146° SE
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 35.0 mi, 089° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.7 mi, 098° E · 12k acres
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 38.9 mi, 076° E · 302 acres
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 45.4 mi, 105° E

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