Explore Tyndall, 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 Tyndall, 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 Tyndall.
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 | Tyndall |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Bon Homme County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.99333 |
| Longitude | -97.862846 |
| Population | 1,057 |
| Density | 258.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57066 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Tyndall |
| School District | Bon Homme School District 04-2 |
Tyndall emerges from the vast, open expanse of the South Dakota plains as a collection of sturdy silhouettes against an immense, shifting sky. It lies 25.0 miles west-northwest of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 290°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Springfield. Silver Creek traces a quiet path just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian green that interrupts the otherwise uniform reach of the prairie. To the north, the landscape softens into the gentle, rhythmic swells of the earth, while the Bon Homme County Waterfowl Production Area waits two miles out, a designated sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the prevailing winds. At dusk, the light here possesses a particular, honeyed clarity, catching the dust motes and turning the horizon into a muted palette of violet and ochre that stretches toward the distant, faint suggestion of Maidens Leap.
Tyndall maintains a character forged by the persistence of agricultural cycles and the quiet gravity of rural life. The economy remains tethered to the vitality of the surrounding soil, where the seasonal labor of the harvest dictates the pulse of the streets and the collective mood of the storefronts. Beyond the immediate grid, the proximity of Clear Lake provides a modest, reflective stillness five miles from the center, acting as a gathering point for those who seek the quietude of water in a land defined by its dry, expansive reach. Life in Tyndall moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, reflecting a history of settlement that values endurance over spectacle, where the legacy of the homesteaders is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring, pragmatic architecture that lines the main thoroughfare.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tyndall, South Dakota. Coordinates: 42.99333, -97.862846. 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 Tyndall includes the ZIP code (57066), telephone area code (605), county seat of Bon Homme County (Tyndall), and school district assignment (Bon Homme School District 04-2).
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. |