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Wanblee South Dakota Map

Explore Wanblee, 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 Wanblee, South Dakota

How to Use This Wanblee, South Dakota Map

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

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	Wanblee
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	43.569442
Longitude	-101.660424
Population	674
Density	129.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57577
Area Code	605
County Seat	Kadoka
School District	Kadoka School District 35-2

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About Wanblee, South Dakota

Wanblee is a locality in Jackson County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 674. The population density is 129.3 people per km². Wanblee is located at 43.5694°N, 101.6604°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 57577.

Wanblee occupies a stark, expansive stretch of the Great Plains where the earth seems to exhale in long, dry sighs across the horizon. It lies 79.6 miles east-southeast of Box Elder, SD (from Box Elder, SD: bearing 118°T), and is situated 58.7 miles northeast of Pine Ridge. Craven Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the terrain, its banks often brittle and quiet under the relentless sun. To the west, the distant jagged silhouette of Millard Ridge breaks the flatness, providing a dark contrast to the pale, sun-bleached grasses that dominate the landscape. Wanblee Lake sits nearby, a muted mirror reflecting the immense, unclouded sky, while the broader, deeper textures of the West Cottonwood Creek Basin ripple five miles away. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that intensifies the colors of dusk, turning the prairie floor into a bruised purple before the night settles in with an absolute, heavy stillness.

Wanblee persists as a quiet crossroads of history and rugged resilience, defined by its enduring connection to the surrounding land and the traditions of the Lakota people. Economic life remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons and the vast, open range, with the nearby Buffalo Gap National Grassland serving as a reminder of the wild, untamed heritage of the region. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic noise of more crowded places, as the community sustains itself through a deep, practical knowledge of the soil and the climate. The legacy of the frontier persists not in monuments, but in the way the wind moves through the fences and the resilient independence of those who choose to remain. It is a place where the scale of the world feels honest, demanding a certain quietude from anyone who walks its dusty paths.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 10.1 mi, 348° N · 587k acres
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 16.9 mi, 317° NW · 111k acres
Window (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 315° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 311° NW
Prairie Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 323° NW
Badlands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.5 mi, 305° NW · 62k acres
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 169° S · 33k acres
Todd (State Conservation Area) — 31.7 mi, 181° S
Bad River Access (State Recreation Area) — 31.9 mi, 359° N
Oglala War Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 244° SW
Lulu the T-Rex (Public Artwork) — 34.3 mi, 050° NE
Buxcel (State Conservation Area) — 39.1 mi, 049° NE
Roberts Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 39.7 mi, 306° NW
Wall Welcome (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 315° NW
Story of Wounded Knee (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 315° NW
Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 44.7 mi, 181° S
Millette County Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 45.7 mi, 090° E
Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 46.0 mi, 230° SW
Wasta Rest Stop Tipi (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 312° NW
Creston Dinosaur (Attraction) — 56.8 mi, 295° NW
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 57.8 mi, 161° S · 116k acres
Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 59.3 mi, 208° SW
Fort Pierre National Grassland (National Grassland) — 67.3 mi, 064° NE · 116k acres
Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 71.2 mi, 215° SW
Mann School (Historic Ruins) — 72.2 mi, 292° W
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.5 mi, 128° SE · 38k acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 75.1 mi, 127° SE · 4,631 acres
Mari Sandoz Museum (Museum) — 79.1 mi, 200° S

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