Explore Tripp, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tripp, 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 Tripp.
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 | Tripp |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Hutchinson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.225546 |
| Longitude | -97.965905 |
| Population | 575 |
| Density | 374.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57376 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Olivet |
| School District | Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 |
Tripp occupies a wide expanse of the South Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth beneath it. It lies 33.6 miles south of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 175°T), and is situated 25.9 miles north of Springfield. The landscape is defined by the subtle, persistent push of the wind against the tall grasses and the occasional, quiet silver ribbon of Emanuel Creek, which traces a path through the fields just a short distance away. During the transition of dusk, the light here turns a bruised, heavy gold, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that seem to hold the land in a momentary, silent suspension before the dark settles in.
Tripp carries the weight of a settlement forged by those who sought permanence in the soil, and the rhythm of the local economy remains anchored to the cycles of harvest and the patient labor of agriculture. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the terrain offers a quiet austerity, with the distant, low-lying contours of Oak Hollow marking the edge of the plains, while the Hutchinson County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for the migratory life that moves through the region. In the quiet seasons, one might find the stillness of Tripp Lake reflecting the vast, clear dome of the heavens, a mirror for the changing weather that dictates the temperament of the day. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the clamor of distant places, finding its own meaning in the steady, recurring turn of the seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tripp, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.225546, -97.965905. 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 Tripp includes the ZIP code (57376), telephone area code (605), county seat of Hutchinson County (Olivet), and school district assignment (Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |