Shamrock Colony South Dakota Map
Explore Shamrock 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 Shamrock Colony, South Dakota
How to Use This Shamrock Colony, South Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shamrock 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 Shamrock 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 | Shamrock Colony |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Beadle County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.620196 |
| Longitude | -97.956741 |
| Population | 88 |
| Density | 52.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 57322 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Huron |
| School District | Willow Lake School District 12-3 |
About Shamrock Colony, South Dakota
Shamrock Colony is a locality in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 52.4 people per km². Shamrock Colony is located at 44.6202°N, 97.9567°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57322.Shamrock Colony occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the sky to dominate the experience of the land. It lies 21.8 miles northeast of Huron, SD (from Huron, SD: bearing 35°T), and is situated 45.6 miles west-southwest of Watertown. The earth here is firm and ancient, defined by the slow, rhythmic sweep of plains that carry the scent of dry grass and cooling soil. Two miles to the west, Shue Creek cuts a thin, winding path through the silt, providing a modest riparian corridor that breaks the uniformity of the fields. Four miles away, the waters of Staum Dam offer a quiet stillness, reflecting the shifting violet and gold of the dusk light as it settles over the plains. Even in the distance, the faint, hazy outline of the Doland Ridge marks the edge of the world, a silent, jagged reminder of the geological forces that shaped this vast, inland expanse.
Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Shamrock Colony, dictating the seasonal migrations of machinery and the quiet, focused labor of those who work the soil. The economy remains rooted in the cycles of wheat and grain, a patient industry that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled rural landscape, where the primary social gravity is centered on the local grain elevators and the shared stewardship of the land. Residents find a particular beauty in the clarity of the prairie air, which sharpens the silhouette of every fence line and silo against the intense, unobstructed sun. Visitors who travel to the Staum Dam for an afternoon of stillness often remark on the profound silence of the region, a quality that seems to radiate from the very dust of the road and the tall, swaying stalks of the surrounding crops.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Staum Dam (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 118° SE
- Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 165° S
- Lake Byron Northeast (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 248° W
- Mud Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 255° W
- Clark County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 100° E
- Dry Lake (State Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 075° E
- Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 146° SE
- World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 215° SW
- Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 217° SW
- Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 36.7 mi, 094° E
- Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 094° E
- Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 43.8 mi, 235° SW
- Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 46.0 mi, 238° SW
- Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 57.4 mi, 353° N
- The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 57.5 mi, 137° SE
- Prairie Village (Museum) — 57.6 mi, 137° SE
- Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 60.0 mi, 183° S
- Flame of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 60.8 mi, 184° S
- Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 60.8 mi, 110° E
- Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.0 mi, 028° NE · 9,262 acres
- Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 62.5 mi, 183° S
- Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 62.9 mi, 336° NW
- McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 63.8 mi, 183° S
- Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 64.0 mi, 183° S
- South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 70.7 mi, 019° N
- Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 71.0 mi, 333° NW
- Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.7 mi, 347° N · 39k acres
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About This Shamrock Colony Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shamrock Colony, South Dakota. Coordinates: 44.620196, -97.956741. 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 Shamrock Colony includes the ZIP code (57322), telephone area code (605), county seat of Beadle County (Huron), and school district assignment (Willow Lake School District 12-3).
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. |
