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Wallace South Dakota Map

Explore Wallace, 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 Wallace, South Dakota

How to Use This Wallace, South Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.086072
Longitude	-97.475917
Population	91
Density	264.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57272
Area Code	605
County Seat	Watertown
School District	Webster School District 18-5

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About Wallace, South Dakota

Wallace is a locality in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 91. The population density is 264.2 people per km². Wallace is located at 45.0861°N, 97.4759°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wallace is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57272.

Wallace remains a quiet expanse of prairie defined by the vast, open sky that presses down upon the flat, agricultural horizon. It lies 21.8 miles northwest of Watertown, SD (from Watertown, SD: bearing 306°T), and is situated 55.7 miles east-southeast of Aberdeen. A mile from the stillness of Kings Lake, the earth here is a mosaic of cultivated fields that shift in color from the pale green of early spring shoots to the deep, weathered gold of harvest. To the west, the distant rise of The Coteaus haunts the skyline like a faded charcoal sketch, while the nearby Codington County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary where the tall grass ripples in the wind, undisturbed by the mechanical hum of modern life. The light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, turning the long, straight roads into ribbons of silver that seem to lead directly into the fading sun.

Wallace owes its endurance to the stubborn grit of the agrarian economy, where the cycle of the seasons dictates the rhythm of every day. The local character is forged by the demands of the soil and the legacy of early settlers who found purpose in the fertile plains long before the Big Sioux River carved its path fifteen miles away. While the pace of life remains deliberate, the resilience of the community is etched into the grain silos and the simple, functional architecture of the central storefronts. There is a singular beauty in the winter nights when the frost clings to the fence lines, and the silence of the prairie is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic creak of cooling metal under the weight of the cold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Codington County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 185° S
Faehn (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 256° W
Clark County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 204° SW
Elmore (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 194° S
Swan Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 301° NW
Warner Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 179° S
Watertown Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 125° SE
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 014° N · 9,262 acres
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 088° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 34.5 mi, 000° N
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 37.2 mi, 160° S
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 159° S
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 39.0 mi, 310° NW
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 41.9 mi, 077° E
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 077° E
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 42.8 mi, 077° E
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 45.3 mi, 061° NE
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 50.5 mi, 345° N
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.6 mi, 075° E · 23k acres
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 52.9 mi, 074° E
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 55.0 mi, 298° NW
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 55.7 mi, 298° NW
Touchdown Jesus (Public Artwork) — 62.8 mi, 148° SE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 62.9 mi, 148° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 63.7 mi, 299° NW
Boyd House (Attraction) — 78.6 mi, 101° E

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