Ancient Hunters Overlook sits at 3,044 feet on the Badlands Loop Scenic Byway, facing 120 degrees toward a landscape that drops 265 feet within 600 meters of the pull-off. The site marks a geologic slump, a slightly wetter area where trees grow in greater numbers than the surrounding terrain. Arrowheads and bison bones have been found here, suggesting the location may have served as an ancient butchering site. From the overlook, several other viewpoints are visible to the southeast and east, including Conata Basin Overlook at 2.4 miles, Homestead Overlook at 4.0 miles, Prairie Wind Overlook at 8.7 miles, Panorama Point at 9.6 miles, and White River Valley Overlook at 11.0 miles, along with Street Hill to the east-northeast at 9.7 miles. The orientation faces slightly toward sunrise, about 30 degrees off square. Wall lies 8.8 miles to the north, with Philip 30.4 miles east-northeast and Kadoka 35.8 miles east. Pinnacles Overlook precedes this stop on the byway, and Yellow Mounds Overlook follows.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
This overlook faces sunrise — 30° off square to it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 19:01 | 18:23 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:36 | 19:51 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:48 | 18:10 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:15 | 15:27 |
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This road pull-off provides the opportunity to observe an archeological site at Badlands National Park. This geologic slump provides a slightly wetter area where trees grow in abundance. Arrowheads and bison bones have been found at this archeological site, suggesting that it may have been an ancient butchering location.
Ancient Hunters Overlook sits at about 3,044 feet (928 m).
From Ancient Hunters Overlook: Conata Basin Overlook (SE, 2.4 mi); Homestead Overlook (SE, 4.0 mi); Prairie Wind Overlook (SE, 8.7 mi); Panorama Point (ESE, 9.6 mi).
Sunrise. The land falls away from Ancient Hunters Overlook toward the sunrise, so at sunset the light is behind you. Exact times shift through the year; the page shows the current window.
Wall, 8.8 miles N of Ancient Hunters Overlook.
Yellow Mounds Overlook is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Ancient Hunters Overlook.
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