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St. Charles South Dakota Map

Explore St. Charles, 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 St. Charles, South Dakota

How to Use This St. Charles, South Dakota Map

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

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	St. Charles
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Gregory County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.086943
Longitude	-99.095373
Population	15
Density	29.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57571
Area Code	605
County Seat	Burke
School District	South Central School District 26-5

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About St. Charles, South Dakota

St. Charles is a locality in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 15. The population density is 29.4 people per km². St. Charles is located at 43.0869°N, 99.0954°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57571.

St. Charles occupies a quiet expanse of the South Dakota prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting light. It lies 68.6 miles southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 232°T), and is situated 49.0 miles north-northwest of O'Neill. The land here rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of earth, covered in native grasses that turn the color of dried wheat as the seasons pull toward winter. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Harvey Buttes offers a rare vertical interruption to the flat, open sky, while the local drainage patterns are defined by the modest, winding course of Burnt Rock Creek. The air carries a crisp, dry weight, smelling faintly of turned soil and the cooling metallic tang that precedes a prairie storm, grounding the traveler in a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually exposed to the elements.

St. Charles remains tethered to the cycles of the agricultural economy, where the rhythm of life is set by the planting and harvest of grain rather than the ticking of a clock. Deeply rooted in the history of the Great Plains, the locality functions as a point of quiet persistence, with the proximity of Herrick Lake providing a localized sanctuary for migratory birds and the seasonal rituals of the outdoors. Residents look toward the broader regional geography, where the expansive presence of Lake Francis Case lies ten miles away, acting as a gravitational pull for those who seek the water’s edge in an otherwise arid, inland territory. Here, the economy and the spirit of the people are carved from the necessity of self-reliance, maintaining a steady, deliberate pace that honors the vast, silent requirements of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Herrick Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 278° W
Francis Case Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 047° NE
Burke Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 307° NW
Lake Francis Case (Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 049° NE
Gray Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 020° N
Buryanek Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 356° N
Charles Mix County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 20.3 mi, 055° NE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.5 mi, 079° E · 2,043 acres
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 097° E · 2,165 acres
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 37.8 mi, 107° E
Sturdevant-McKee Museum (Museum) — 39.0 mi, 171° S
Tripp County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 43.1 mi, 298° NW
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 009° N
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 46.6 mi, 339° N
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 48.5 mi, 075° E
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 50.0 mi, 346° N
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 50.6 mi, 346° N
South Dakota Veterans Park (Monument) — 50.6 mi, 346° N
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 51.4 mi, 347° N
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 52.1 mi, 347° N
Sellors-Barton Museum (Museum) — 53.7 mi, 227° SW
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 62.8 mi, 349° N
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 66.6 mi, 261° W · 4,631 acres
Fort Thompson Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 66.7 mi, 348° N
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 68.6 mi, 052° NE
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 69.4 mi, 051° NE
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 70.6 mi, 049° NE

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