Enter your search query in the box below.

Wessington Springs South Dakota Map

Explore Wessington Springs, 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 Wessington Springs, South Dakota

How to Use This Wessington Springs, South Dakota Map

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

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	Wessington Springs
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Jerauld County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.079157
Longitude	-98.569536
Population	771
Density	165.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	57382
Area Code	605
County Seat	Wessington Springs
School District	Wessington Springs School District 36-2

🌦 Goto Wessington Springs Weather Page: Wessington Springs, South Dakota — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Wessington Springs, South Dakota

Wessington Springs is a locality in Jerauld County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 771. The population density is 165.3 people per km². Wessington Springs is located at 44.0792°N, 98.5695°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wessington Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 57382.

Wessington Springs rises above the vast, open prairie, anchored by the high, rounded shoulders of the Wessington Hills that command the horizon. It lies 26.4 miles southwest of Huron, SD (from Huron, SD: bearing 222°T), and is situated 37.1 miles northwest of Mitchell. The landscape here is defined by a deep, resonant stillness, where the wind moves through the tall grasses in long, visible currents that shimmer under the unrelenting clarity of the plains sky. To the west, the land stretches out in wide, rhythmic swells, punctuated only by the occasional stand of trees or the distant, quiet reflection of Bakers Lake. The air carries the scent of dry earth and turning crops, a terrestrial fragrance that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world. Water finds its way through this geography with patient persistence, as East Fork Smith Creek traces a narrow, winding vein through the soil, carving a subtle path through the terrain three miles from the center of the grid.

Wessington Springs maintains a character forged by the steady, cyclical demands of agriculture, where the lives of the people are synchronized with the turning of the seasons and the yield of the soil. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, a tradition that honors the endurance of those who first settled these plains to build their lives against the elements. A few miles away, the Jerauld County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a testament to the wilder, uncultivated spirit of the region, providing a sanctuary where the land remains much as it was before the arrival of the plow. The pace of life is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, deliberate work of the harvest and the quiet maintenance of the community. Even as the decades pass, Wessington Springs retains a singular gravity, a place where the history of the frontier is not merely remembered, but lived in the daily movements of those who remain to tend the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jerauld County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 201° S
Long Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 309° NW
Horseshoe Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 213° SW
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 335° NW
Sand Creek (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 014° N
Hand County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.6 mi, 320° NW
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 15.2 mi, 326° NW
Borden (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 008° N
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.8 mi, 052° NE · 484 acres
Original Site of Plankinton School (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 170° S
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 040° NE
World Trade Center NYC Mural (Public Artwork) — 25.8 mi, 171° S
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 042° NE
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 219° SW
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 35.1 mi, 130° SE
The Kiwanis Woodlot Monument (Monument) — 35.9 mi, 132° SE
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 37.1 mi, 132° SE
McGovern Legacy Museum (Museum) — 37.6 mi, 134° SE
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 38.3 mi, 134° SE
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 38.5 mi, 260° W
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 42.2 mi, 244° SW
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 43.1 mi, 243° SW
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 43.3 mi, 243° SW
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.4 mi, 172° S · 2,043 acres
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 59.6 mi, 160° S

Latest News: Wessington Springs

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News