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Upland Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Upland Colony, 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 Upland Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Upland Colony, South Dakota Map

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

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	Upland Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Sanborn County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.877294
Longitude	-97.975881
Population	178
Density	371.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57314
Area Code	605
County Seat	Woonsocket
School District	Sanborn Central School District 55-5

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About Upland Colony, South Dakota

Upland Colony is a locality in Sanborn County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 178. The population density is 371.5 people per km². Upland Colony is located at 43.8773°N, 97.9759°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57314.

Upland Colony stretches across the expansive, high-grass prairie where the horizon remains a relentless, unbroken circle under the weight of an immense sky. It lies 11.9 miles north-northeast of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 13°T), and is situated 35.6 miles south-southeast of Huron. The land here is defined by the slow, deliberate crawl of the James River, which carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth just a mile from the center of Upland Colony. To the west, the distant silhouette of Big Mound rises as a faint, jagged interruption to the otherwise flat expanse, while the nearby School Section Lakes provide a quiet, reflective stillness to the landscape. In the golden hour, the light thickens and turns a bruised, honeyed amber, casting long, lean shadows that make the very blades of grass seem to vibrate with the cooling of the day.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of the local economy, with the soil yielding to the persistent labor of those who cultivate the surrounding acreage in a cycle governed by the temperamental Great Plains climate. The history of Upland Colony is anchored in the quiet tenacity of settlers who carved a life from this demanding terrain, establishing a rhythm that favors patience over speed. Beyond the cultivated fields, the Chip Allen SCA offers a modest refuge of native grasses and local wildlife, serving as a reminder of the prairie as it existed before the plow. Life here persists with a steady, unadorned gravity, where the community remains tethered to the shifting moods of the weather and the seasonal transformation of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chip Allen (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 093° E
Hanson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 107° E
Miner County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 089° E
Morris Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 062° NE
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 197° S
Flame of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 197° S
The Kiwanis Woodlot Monument (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 196° S
Cadwell Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 195° S
Redstone (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 009° N
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 11.3 mi, 191° S
Home of the Second Corn Palace (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 192° S
Davison County Memorial (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 192° S
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 192° S
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 189° S
Bitter Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 081° E
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.1 mi, 334° NW · 484 acres
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 339° N
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 41.1 mi, 077° E
Prairie Village (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 077° E
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 193° S
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 43.5 mi, 307° NW
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 46.4 mi, 305° NW
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.9 mi, 206° SW · 2,043 acres
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 63.1 mi, 166° S
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 65.6 mi, 062° NE
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 66.2 mi, 109° E
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 66.3 mi, 109° E
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 66.3 mi, 109° E
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 75.6 mi, 158° S · 870 acres

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