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Sinai South Dakota Map

Explore Sinai, 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 Sinai, South Dakota

How to Use This Sinai, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.244415
Longitude	-97.040895
Population	99
Density	103.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57061
Area Code	605
County Seat	Brookings
School District	Sioux Valley School District 05-5

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About Sinai, South Dakota

Sinai is a locality in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 99. The population density is 103.9 people per km². Sinai is located at 44.2444°N, 97.0409°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sinai is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57061.

Sinai occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun each evening in a slow, bruised wash of violet and gold. It lies 12.9 miles west-southwest of Brookings, SD (from Brookings, SD: bearing 249°T), and is situated 7.9 miles southwest of Volga. The land here is defined by its flatness, a vast, open prairie that breathes with the changing seasons, marked primarily by the Brookings County Waterfowl Production Area that sits directly upon the landscape like a sanctuary for the wild. Only a mile away, the surface of Bolstad Slough mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a cool, still counterpoint to the endless grasses that ripple under the constant, restless wind. On the clearest days, one might imagine the distant, hazy suggestion of The Coteaus rising far to the west, though the immediate world remains one of earth and sky, unburdened by the clutter of larger, louder places.

History in Sinai suggests a deliberate, sturdy endurance, born from the persistent labor of those who first broke the sod to find a living in the soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the stewardship of the surrounding fields, where the patterns of agriculture dictate the pace of every day. While Battle Creek flows nine miles distant, the influence of the region is felt less in the rush of water and more in the steady, quiet work of the people who maintain the grain elevators and the local roads. Life here moves with a measured gravity, a reflection of a landscape that demands patience and rewards the observant eye with the subtle, shifting colors of the prairie grass as the light wanes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brookings County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 246° SW
Lake Sinai Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 334° NW
Beck (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 098° E
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd (Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 187° S
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 068° E
Touchdown Jesus (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 068° E
Oakwood Lakes Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 011° N
Madison Veterans Honor Park (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 191° S
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 201° S
Prairie Village (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 201° S
Lake Thompson Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 285° W
Saaranen Beach (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 356° N
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 340° N
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 340° N
Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 285° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 113° SE · 12k acres
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 38.5 mi, 114° SE · 302 acres
Spotted Quarry (Viewpoint) — 38.9 mi, 114° SE
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 39.2 mi, 114° SE
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 40.8 mi, 127° SE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 43.5 mi, 170° S
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 45.2 mi, 144° SE
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 46.3 mi, 146° SE
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 49.4 mi, 049° NE
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 50.2 mi, 162° S
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 50.4 mi, 162° S
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 50.4 mi, 162° S
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 50.4 mi, 162° S

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