Hot Springs, South Dakota

About Hot Springs

Hot Springs is a small town in southwestern South Dakota counting 3,608 people who proudly call it home.

Hot Springs holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.34 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 831 residents per square mile.

📰 Hot Springs News Today

• Patients wary of government, companies pushing AI as a rural healthcare solution South Dakota Searchlight · Aug 12
• John Douglas Culbertson Obituary Aug 13, 2026 Kinkade Funeral Chapel · Aug 13
• Leonard Powell, 85, Hot Springs Rural Radio Network · Aug 11
• Magician Duane Laflin brings mind-blowing illusions to Hot Springs this weekend KOTA Territory News · Aug 6
• Blk 4 Lot 2, Simunek Ct Lot Hot Springs, SD 57747 [Updated 8/12] Realtor.com · Aug 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Hot Springs Unique

• A top-25 city in South Dakota by population (#20 of 310 incorporated places).
• One of 5 places in the US named Hot Springs — but the South Dakota one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southwestern South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Hot Springs

• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Springs Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• China Wok — chinese
• Dale's Family Restaurant
• Dew Drop Restaurant
• Mornin' Sunshine (café)
• Silk Road
• The 309 General
• The Kitchen Ink
• Whiskey River

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Pioneer Museum · Museum
• The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD · Attraction
• Art House · Art gallery
• Evans Plunge · Water park
• World Fossil Finder Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hot Springs

• Brookside Park reviews ★
• Butler Park reviews ★
• Cascade Falls Picnic Ground reviews ★
• Centennial Park reviews ★
• City Park reviews ★
• Cold Brook Park reviews ★
• J.H. Keith Cascade Springs Picnic Ground reviews ★
• Kidney Springs Park reviews ★
• Lower Chautauqua Park reviews ★
• Umiker Park reviews ★
• Upper Chautauqua Park reviews ★
• Veteran's Memorial reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Hot Springs

• Hot Springs Elementary - 02
• Hot Springs High School - 01
• Hot Springs Middle School - 06

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Fall River Hospital - Cah · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Hot Springs

🏘️ Nearby Communities