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Wakonda South Dakota Map

Explore Wakonda, 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 Wakonda, South Dakota

How to Use This Wakonda, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.008327
Longitude	-97.106717
Population	347
Density	347.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57073
Area Code	605
County Seat	Vermillion
School District	Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3

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About Wakonda, South Dakota

Wakonda is a locality in Clay County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 347.1 people per km². Wakonda is located at 43.0083°N, 97.1067°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wakonda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57073.

Wakonda occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut over the earth like a drumhead. It lies 17.5 miles east-northeast of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 57°T), and is situated 18.2 miles north-northwest of Vermillion. The land here does not offer dramatic verticality, but instead favors the subtle, rhythmic swell of plains that have been patient under the sun for centuries. To the west, the distant profile of Spirit Mound rises as a singular, watchful protrusion against the vastness, while the drainage of Norwegian Gulch cuts a quiet, shadowed crease into the soil five miles away. When the afternoon light slants low, it turns the dry grasses into a sea of pale amber, and the air near Spring Creek carries the cool, damp scent of deep earth and willow roots, grounding the expansive silence of the plains in something tangible and small.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Wakonda, with iron-siloed elevators standing as the sentinels of a local economy defined by the seasonal labor of harvest and the heavy, fertile potential of the soil. The legacy of the homesteaders is still visible in the orderly geometry of the fence lines and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local aesthetic. Residents find recreation in the quietude of Cunningham, where the land is preserved in a state that recalls the untamed character of the original territory. Beyond the immediate fields, the surface of Marindahl Lake catches the pale blue of the sky, offering a reflective stillness that mirrors the deliberate, measured pace of life in this corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cunningham (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 082° E
Volin Clay (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 212° SW
Vermillion Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 175° S
Marindahl Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 284° W
Gayville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 202° S
Spirit Mound (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 141° SE
Yankton County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.4 mi, 315° NW
Turner County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.5 mi, 012° N
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 15.8 mi, 187° S · 870 acres
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 16.9 mi, 242° SW
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 236° SW
Dick and Gertrude Havelaar (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 109° E
Corps of Discovery (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 148° SE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 149° SE
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 151° SE
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 18.1 mi, 151° SE
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 19.3 mi, 157° SE
Oak Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 159° S
Ulmer Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 23.4 mi, 293° NW
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 154° SE
Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 197° S
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 268° W
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 30.2 mi, 143° SE
Union County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 136° SE
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 090° E
Canton Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 33.2 mi, 051° NE
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.4 mi, 129° SE
Canton Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 35.8 mi, 052° NE
Inwood Iowa Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 059° NE
Blood Run Site (Historic Ruins) — 41.3 mi, 040° NE

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