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Strandburg South Dakota Map

Explore Strandburg, 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 Strandburg, South Dakota

How to Use This Strandburg, South Dakota Map

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

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.

CityStrandburg
StateSouth Dakota (SD)
CountyGrant County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude45.044132
Longitude-96.760619
Population63
Density324.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code57265
Area Code605
County SeatMilbank
School DistrictMilbank School District 25-4

About Strandburg, South Dakota

Strandburg is a locality in Grant County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 63. The population density is 324.3 people per km². Strandburg is located at 45.0441°N, 96.7606°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Strandburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57265.

Strandburg occupies a stillness born of the high prairie, where the horizon pulls the sky taut over flat, fertile expanses that drink the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 20.0 miles east-northeast of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 60°T), and is situated 13.5 miles south-southwest of Milbank. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the terrain softens into the quiet, grass-tufted swells of the landscape, occasionally interrupted by the distant presence of the Antelope Hills, which haunt the western fringe of the view like a frayed indigo hem. The air possesses a clean, sharp clarity, carrying the scent of dry soil and ripening stalks from the nearby Grant County Waterfowl Production Area, where the land holds onto its moisture in small, hidden pockets. Three miles away, the surface of LaBolt Lake mirrors the vast, shifting clouds, acting as a pale, glass-like anchor in a country dominated by the relentless reach of the earth.

Strandburg remains a testament to the endurance of the rail-era pioneers who first broke this sod to lay the foundations of a grain-dependent economy. The rhythm of existence here is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the heavy, mechanical pulse of agricultural transport that connects the local harvest to the wider world. Life proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far removed from the bustle of the distant Missouri River, as residents navigate a geography defined by the South Fork Yellow Bank River and the broader, sweeping reaches of Antelope Valley. History is not written in grand monuments but in the sturdy, weathered timber of the older buildings and the quiet pride of a community that understands its place as a solitary, vital node in the vast, open expanse of the Great Plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Grant County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 222° SW
  • Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 333° NW
  • Mud Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 119° SE
  • Troy Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 252° W
  • Deuel County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 221° SW
  • Round Bullhead (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 204° SW
  • Bjerke Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 194° S
  • South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 045° NE
  • Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 027° NE
  • Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 026° NE
  • Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 029° NE
  • Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 249° W
  • Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 045° NE · 23k acres
  • Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 042° NE
  • Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 25.2 mi, 011° N
  • Big Stone Lake State Park (State Park) — 27.7 mi, 005° N
  • Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 095° E
  • Barckes Corner (Monument) — 29.4 mi, 126° SE
  • Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 134° SE
  • Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.7 mi, 314° NW · 9,262 acres
  • Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 215° SW
  • HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 39.9 mi, 158° S
  • Boyd House (Attraction) — 44.1 mi, 107° E
  • Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 50.6 mi, 182° S
  • Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 60.9 mi, 113° SE
  • Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 70.6 mi, 294° NW
  • Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 73.3 mi, 035° NE
  • Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 74.7 mi, 163° S

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About This Strandburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Strandburg, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.044132, -96.760619. 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 Strandburg includes the ZIP code (57265), telephone area code (605), county seat of Grant County (Milbank), and school district assignment (Milbank School District 25-4).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.