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SD · Capital Pierre · 66 counties · Central (two zones) time · Letter or A4
Printable South Dakota map
A print-ready South Dakota map with Pierre, Sioux Falls and Rapid City, the 66 county lines and the Missouri River that divides the state between Central and Mountain time.
What prints
South Dakota comes out as a wide rectangle with one irregular side. The north (North Dakota), west (Montana and Wyoming) and most of the south (Nebraska) are straight survey lines; the eastern edge with Minnesota and Iowa follows a straight line down to Big Stone Lake and then the Big Sioux River, and the southeastern corner is cut by the Missouri River. All 66 counties print as thin lines. The eastern counties are small and regular; the western ones, such as Meade, Pennington and Butte, are large. Pierre has the capital star on the Missouri near the centre of the state, and the Major cities layer adds Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen and Brookings.
Page orientation
Print in landscape. At about 380 miles wide and about 240 miles tall, South Dakota has almost exactly the proportions of a landscape Letter sheet, so the outline reaches both side margins with the county grid at a comfortable size. In portrait the map drops to little more than half the width of the paper.
Two time zones
South Dakota is split by the Missouri River in practice. East River, including Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Brookings and Pierre, is on Central time. West River, including Rapid City and the Black Hills, is on Mountain time. The legal line follows county boundaries rather than the river exactly, and it is not printed on the sheet; students can draw it with the time zone map alongside.
What is labeled
- SD, with the Abbreviations button on.
- Pierre as the capital, one of the smallest state capitals.
- Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen and Brookings on the Major cities layer.
- All 66 county lines, from Harding County in the northwest corner to Union County at the Missouri–Big Sioux junction in the southeast.
- The six state borders, including the Big Sioux and Missouri river sections in the east and southeast.
The Missouri River, its reservoirs and the Black Hills do not print on the plain map. Suggested exercises: draw the Missouri from the North Dakota line to the Nebraska corner, mark Minnehaha County (Sioux Falls) and Pennington County (Rapid City), and label the Black Hills in the southwest. The county map holds the answers, and the blank South Dakota map gives an empty outline.
Key: capital and largest cities
| Place | Note | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre | State capital, Missouri River | 44.4°N | 100.4°W |
| Sioux Falls | Largest city, Big Sioux River | 43.5°N | 96.7°W |
| Rapid City | Black Hills, Mountain time | 44.1°N | 103.2°W |
| Aberdeen | Northeast | 45.5°N | 98.5°W |
| Brookings | East, near the Minnesota line | 44.3°N | 96.8°W |
| Watertown | Northeast, Big Sioux River | 44.9°N | 97.1°W |
Related maps
- Blank South Dakota map — the same outline with every label removed.
- South Dakota map — the interactive page with borders, geography and regions.
- South Dakota county map — all 66 counties with seats.
- Pierre — the capital page.
- Great Plains, Central and Mountain time zones, and the Missouri River map.
- All printable US maps — national sheets: labeled, capitals, regions, time zones, rivers.