Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

Slide Show Photos by Charles and Rita Summers...we thank you!!!!!
Welcome to the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
"Imagine a place where, as far as the eye can see, miles and miles to the horizon, you can view America as it was 300 years ago. Imagine a place, long revered by the American Indians, where the Cheyenne River flows in all four directions, and eagles’ shadows sweep the rocky canyon walls, a place where wild horses run free across endless prairies, hooves striking thunder, manes and tails flying in the wind.

Imagine a crowded, bone bare feed lot packed with captured mustangs, some too weak to stand. Listless, dejected, some have lost the will to live. Spirits broken, unwanted, either too old, too ugly, or independent to qualify for the adoption program.

Now imagine an Oregon rancher, naturalist, and author with the heart, the will, the sense of duty, the desire to save these animals, and you have Dayton Hyde. In 1988, Dayton Hyde raised by the skin of this teeth, enough money for a down payment on a sanctuary near Hot Spring, South Dakota, and convinced the Bureau of Land Managment to send him its unadoptale wild horses.

Today, that dream is a reality. Come to the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, experience the dream, visit their grassland home of rocky canyons, windswept prairies, and dark pine forests, a home they share with coyotes, cougar, white-tail and mule deer, elk, big horn sheep, wild turkeys, eagles and falcons. A home where hundreds of wild horses not only live but flourish, nurtured by the dream of a man of vision, and the freedom he gave them. You are part of that dream. Your participation in sponsoring the horses and visiting has helped keep these wild horses running free, and has given them thousands of years of horses freedom...... IMAGINE."  Dayton O. Hyde, IRAM Founder/President

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See hundreds of wild American, Spanish, and Sulpur mustangs roaming free across wind swept prairies.

* Open year around
* Native America Ceremonial Sites
* Ancient Petroglyphs on sandstone cliffs.
* Weathered early Pioneer Homesteads
* Restored one-room school house.
* See where Crazy Horse and Hidalgo were filmed on the Sanctuary.
* Ponderosa Pine forests along the Cheyenne River canyons.
* Birds, wildlife and an occasional rattlesnake!
* Limited selection of young horses for sale
* Wild Horse Vacation Adventure of a lifetime!
* One of the top things to do in South Dakota.
* Just 14 miles south of Hot Springs, 68 miles from Rapid City, near the southern end of the Black Hills and the Badlands, closeby to the Mammoth Site, Custer State Park, Wind Caves National Park, Evans Plunge and the Southern Hills Golf Course.
* Reserve your Guided Bus Tour today!
* Charming Gift Shop filled with gifts for the horse lovers.
* Tourism, Donations, Foal Sales and Gift Shop proceeds help provide freedom for the Sanctuary's wild horses.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY 1-800-252-6652 or 605-745-5955 from 8-6 MDST.
bhmustangs@gwtc.net Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday. bhwhs@gwtc.net Wednesday, Thursday

Read about the heart warming story of the three Spanish Sulphur mares we recently rescued!!! Click here!

16-page Fall 2011 Newsletter! Read it here in pdf form:Download

Order your 2012 Wild Horse Calendar Click Here

16-page Fall 2010 Newsletter! Read it here in pdf form:Download

Our 16-page tribute to Dayton O. Hyde's first 85 years!!! His is an inspiring story of making impossible dreams reality. Read it here in pdf form: Download

Enjoy reading about the history of the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary...now in its 21st year!. Read the story here in pdf form: Download

Download our brand new 2011 Visitor Rack Card
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A 15 year project to film the life story of Dayton Hyde is now in the editing room. Read about the extraordinary talent behind this project and sponsor the production of the film here: