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Stickney South Dakota Map

Explore Stickney, 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 Stickney, South Dakota

How to Use This Stickney, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.589156
Longitude	-98.437305
Population	321
Density	462.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57375
Area Code	605
County Seat	Plankinton
School District	Corsica-Stickney School District 21-3

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About Stickney, South Dakota

Stickney is a locality in Aurora County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 321. The population density is 462.5 people per km². Stickney is located at 43.5892°N, 98.4373°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stickney is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57375.

Stickney occupies a vast, horizontal expanse of the high plains where the sky claims more attention than the earth itself. It lies 22.0 miles west-southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 248°T), and is situated 54.6 miles south-southwest of Huron. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the occasional grain silo or the muted, earthen ribbons of Enemy Creek, which meanders two miles away through the tall, sun-bleached grasses. To the west, the subtle rise of Archer Hill punctuates the distance, while the nearby Tielebein SCA offers a sheltered refuge for migratory birds against the relentless, drying wind. When the light shifts at dusk, the prairie grass takes on the color of tarnished copper, casting long, lean shadows that seem to pull the very heat from the soil, leaving the air brittle and cool. Stickney Lake, resting three miles from the center, mirrors the shifting gray and bruised-purple clouds, providing a quiet, glassy stillness that contrasts with the constant motion of the tall wheat stalks shivering in the breeze.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Stickney, a rhythm dictated by the planting and harvest cycles that have defined the region since its early settlement. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the dark, fertile loam of the earth supports a legacy of resilient, independent farming. Families who have worked this land for generations maintain a quiet, pragmatic endurance, their lives organized around the demands of the seasons and the fluctuating prices of grain. While Blooming Valley lies nine miles away, providing a slight variation in the topography, the primary character of the region is one of openness and isolation, where the absence of dense development allows for an unfiltered connection to the weather and the changing seasons. The local life is marked by the steady, focused labor of the harvest, a persistence that remains as constant and unassuming as the slow, seasonal drift of the clouds over the open prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tielebein (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 115° SE
Nelson Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 055° NE
Pleasant Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 276° W
Aurora County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 316° NW
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd (Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 185° S
World Trade Center NYC Mural (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 344° N
Original Site of Plankinton School (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 346° N
Pebble (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 027° NE
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 070° E
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 071° E
Home of the Second Corn Palace (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 067° NE
Davison County Memorial (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 067° NE
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 067° NE
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 23.4 mi, 061° NE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 176° S · 2,043 acres
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 148° SE
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 291° W
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 187° S · 2,165 acres
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 47.1 mi, 287° W
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 47.2 mi, 289° W
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 47.3 mi, 345° N
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 47.4 mi, 288° W
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 48.9 mi, 342° N
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 52.1 mi, 302° NW
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 54.5 mi, 011° N
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 56.4 mi, 137° SE
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 58.9 mi, 162° S
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 72.1 mi, 134° SE · 870 acres
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 72.6 mi, 133° SE

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