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Tulare South Dakota Map

Explore Tulare, 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 Tulare, South Dakota

How to Use This Tulare, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.738034
Longitude	-98.509818
Population	211
Density	318.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57476
Area Code	605
County Seat	Redfield
School District	Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6

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About Tulare, South Dakota

Tulare is a locality in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 318.2 people per km². Tulare is located at 44.7380°N, 98.5098°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tulare is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57476.

Tulare occupies a vast, quiet expanse of the northern plains where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the earth in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 29.7 miles north-northwest of Huron, SD (from Huron, SD: bearing 331°T), and is situated 50.2 miles south of Aberdeen. The light here possesses a clarity that renders every fence post and grain bin in sharp, honest relief, especially as the sun begins to retreat behind the distant, faint silhouette of Doland Ridge. Two miles from the center, the landscape softens near the quiet waters of Mud Lake and the protected grasses of Twin Lakes + Diversion, where the wind ripples through the prairie like a slow, deliberate breath. Four miles away, the steady, patient current of Turtle Creek marks the slow passage of time across a terrain that favors endurance over sudden change.

Tulare emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, anchoring itself as a vital point for the movement of grain and the sustaining of an agricultural life that remains the primary pulse of the region. The economy relies upon the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the color of the seasons and the collective focus of the residents who work the dark, fertile soil. Life in Tulare moves with the deliberate pace of a season, indifferent to the frantic urgencies of distant places, preferring instead the steady labor of maintaining the homesteads and the shared responsibility of preserving the local school. This place holds a stillness that is not empty but full, shaped by generations who have learned to read the weather in the shifting clouds and find sufficiency in the quiet persistence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Twin Lakes + Diversion (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 354° N
Spink County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 285° W
Cottonwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.5 mi, 286° W
Cottonwood (hatchery) (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 302° NW
Bald Mountain (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 317° NW
Hand County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.1 mi, 299° NW
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 152° SE
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 149° SE
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 34.6 mi, 194° S
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 34.8 mi, 199° S
Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 46.5 mi, 123° SE
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 49.4 mi, 002° N
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 49.6 mi, 005° N
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 50.2 mi, 001° N
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 52.8 mi, 022° N
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 55.3 mi, 354° N
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.5 mi, 009° N · 39k acres
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 64.8 mi, 099° E
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 66.2 mi, 218° SW
World Trade Center NYC Mural (Public Artwork) — 71.0 mi, 179° S
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.1 mi, 050° NE · 9,262 acres
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 72.1 mi, 161° S
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 72.7 mi, 198° S
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 74.6 mi, 161° S
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 75.7 mi, 162° S
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 75.9 mi, 213° SW
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 77.2 mi, 040° NE

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