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Soldier Creek South Dakota Map

Explore Soldier Creek, 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 Soldier Creek, South Dakota

How to Use This Soldier Creek, South Dakota Map

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

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	Soldier Creek
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Todd County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.332643
Longitude	-100.896809
Population	205
Density	6.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57555
Area Code	605
County Seat	Winner
School District	Todd County School District 66-1

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About Soldier Creek, South Dakota

Soldier Creek is a locality in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 6.5 people per km². Soldier Creek is located at 43.3326°N, 100.8968°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57555.

Soldier Creek emerges from the vast, open expanse of the prairie, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Scabby Creek as it carves a path through the dry, sun-bleached grasses. It lies 77.0 miles south-southwest of Pierre, SD (from Pierre, SD: bearing 201°T), and is situated 51.8 miles west of Winner. The horizon remains wide and unforgiving, occasionally broken by the distant, jagged silhouette of The Devils Backbone, which looms like a jagged spine against the pale, bruised colors of a closing day. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the light here grows thin and sharp, casting long, lean shadows across the earth that seem to hold the heat of the soil long after the sun has dipped toward the horizon. Five miles away, the deep, shadowed folds of Crazy Horse Canyon offer a stark contrast to the flatter plains, while the still, reflective surface of Swift Bear Lake waits four miles distant, a quiet basin holding the sky in its calm, unmoving center.

Soldier Creek carries the weight of a long, rugged history, existing at a crossroads where the land itself has dictated the survival of those who settled the hard, stubborn soil. The local economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture and the maintenance of the sprawling range, a life defined by the endurance of fences and the steady care of livestock. There is a distinct, unhurried gravity to the daily routine, where the silence of the plains is interrupted only by the low hum of distant machinery or the sudden, sharp call of a bird navigating the scrub brush. While the world beyond moves with a frantic, shifting pace, life in Soldier Creek persists with a deliberate, quiet tenacity, anchored by the reality of the season and the vast, encompassing reach of the prairie sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Millette County Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 024° NE
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.3 mi, 249° W · 33k acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.4 mi, 142° SE · 4,631 acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 145° SE · 38k acres
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 38.0 mi, 179° S · 116k acres
Jones County Gold Star Honor Roll (Monument) — 39.5 mi, 013° N
Lulu the T-Rex (Public Artwork) — 40.1 mi, 343° N
Todd (State Conservation Area) — 40.5 mi, 247° SW
Smith Falls State Park (State Park) — 41.9 mi, 136° SE
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 44.1 mi, 314° NW · 587k acres
Snake River Falls (Attraction) — 45.5 mi, 177° S
Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 51.0 mi, 026° NE · 116k acres
Niobrara National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 52.4 mi, 134° SE · 185 acres
Tripp County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 52.4 mi, 086° E
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 56.9 mi, 170° S · 15k acres
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 57.4 mi, 300° NW · 111k acres
Big Badlands Overlook (Viewpoint) — 59.2 mi, 302° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 59.8 mi, 299° NW
Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 60.0 mi, 303° NW
Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 64.8 mi, 298° NW · 62k acres
Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 67.5 mi, 272° W
Sellors-Barton Museum (Museum) — 75.2 mi, 136° SE
Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 75.3 mi, 242° SW
AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 75.5 mi, 241° SW
Cultural Heritage Center (Museum) — 77.1 mi, 021° N
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 77.8 mi, 070° E

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