The Sunklands-Burr Oak Basin Natural Area
SHANNON 73 The Sunklands-Burr Oak Basin
Sinkhole Pond at Sunklands - Burr Oak Basin Natural Area
Large Sinkhole Pond (Big Yuccapin)
The Sunklands (160 acres) and Burr Oak Basin (230 acres) are located about 10 miles northeast of Summersville in a remote part of Shannon County on the Sunklands Conservation Area, parts of Sections 1 and 12, T30N, R6W, Lewis Hollow 7.5 min. topographic map. Access is from an unimproved logging road off Hwy K, usable mainly by pickups and four-wheel-drive vehicles. Visitors should inquire about road conditions in advance. Designated February 21, 1980.
Natural Features
Many excellent examples of karst topography and plant communities in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. The Sunklands is the longest conspicuous sinkhole or collapse structure in Missouri. It is a nearly one-mile-long series of forested sinkholes and a sinkhole pond. Burr Oak Basin has three very large sink basins, one boggy and two dry, and upland forest vegetation. These natural areas are owned by the Department of Conservation. Vehicles are restricted to the main access road. For more information and for current road conditions contact the District Forester, Eminence Forest District, P.O. Box G (Hwy 19 North), Eminence, MO 65466, phone 573/226-3616.
