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Vilas South Dakota Map

Explore Vilas, 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 Vilas, South Dakota

How to Use This Vilas, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.01053
Longitude	-97.597294
Population	29
Density	3.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57349
Area Code	605
County Seat	Howard
School District	Howard School District 48-3

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About Vilas, South Dakota

Vilas is a locality in Miner County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 3.8 people per km². Vilas is located at 44.0105°N, 97.5973°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Vilas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57349.

Vilas rises from the expansive, open plains of the high prairie, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering swallow of amber light. It lies 30.0 miles northeast of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 46°T), and is situated 24.0 miles west of Madison. The sky dominates the landscape here, pressing down upon the flat, fertile earth with a weight that makes the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Mound seem like a mere smudge against the blue. Only two miles to the west, the quiet, meandering path of Wolf Creek carves a thin, verdant line through the grasses, providing a subtle contrast to the endless, golden expanse of cultivated fields. A mile away, the Miner County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for the winged migrants that punctuate the seasons, their calls echoing across the stillness of the afternoon. When the wind moves across the plains, it carries the dry, clean scent of turning soil and the faint, rhythmic rustle of grain stalks, a sound that serves as the heartbeat of the land.

Vilas maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects the cycles of the agricultural economy, where the harvest defines the passage of time more accurately than any calendar. The history of the place is etched into the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its original foundations, remnants of a time when the railroad dictated the survival of the village. Residents here look toward the horizon with a practical eye, understanding that the bounty of the earth is a partnership between hard work and the unpredictable temper of the regional climate. Travelers passing through may find the quietude profound, especially when the light shifts toward dusk and the shadows lengthen across the gravel roads leading toward Twin Lakes. Life in Vilas remains tethered to the soil, a persistent and quiet endurance that values the simple weight of a neighbor’s nod and the long, uninterrupted clarity of the prairie night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miner County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 270° W
Burke (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 240° SW
Fischer (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 320° NW
Twin Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 249° W
Bitter Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 218° SW
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Sd (Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 075° E
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 090° E
Prairie Village (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 091° E
Madison Veterans Honor Park (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 092° E
Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 346° N
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 27.9 mi, 230° SW
Flame of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 28.5 mi, 230° SW
The Kiwanis Woodlot Monument (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 229° SW
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 29.2 mi, 226° SW
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 224° SW
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 225° SW
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.8 mi, 298° NW · 484 acres
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 308° NW
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 026° NE
Johnson School (Historic Ruins) — 44.2 mi, 127° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 44.6 mi, 062° NE
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 53.6 mi, 126° SE
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 53.7 mi, 126° SE
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 53.8 mi, 126° SE
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 53.8 mi, 126° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.3 mi, 103° E · 12k acres
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 62.9 mi, 089° E · 302 acres

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