Last updated: December 14, 2020
Place
Burns Basin Overlook
![A single boardwalk extends out to a bench which sits against a vast landscape under blue sky.](/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/B419B486-D026-9B7E-6E495959C77ED110.jpg?width=1600&quality=90&mode=crop)
NPS Photo / Serena Rosales
Quick Facts
Location:
Wall, SD
Significance:
With expansive views, this site overlooks the old homestead of Wilson Burns, a sheep farmer in the area.
Amenities
5 listed
Accessible Sites, Benches/Seating, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Scenic View/Photo Spot
This overlook is named after the homestead of Wilson Burns, who raised sheep in the basin during the early 20th century. A freshwater spring was a rare commodity that kept this operation going. Now wells must be dug a few thousand feet deep.