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Welcome to Burns ...

Burns is located in Richland County<1>.

Burns is 1,970 feet [600 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Burns lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Burns and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Burns: 406

Communities Also Named Burns ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Burns - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Tennessee, Texas (4), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burns.

Communities near Burns ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burns.

  • Knife River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knife River is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
  • Savage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crane
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Piche
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Piche is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piche
  • Fox Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Lake is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
  • Glendive
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Lambert
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Allard
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Allard is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allard
  • Bloomfield
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • West Glendive
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • West Glendive is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Burns. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burns.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burns. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burns.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Burns. See our Newspapers Page for Burns.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burns ...

Looking for more information about Burns? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Burns, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burns.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burns - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.