Medicine Rocks State Park
Medicine Rocks State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,045 m. Big Hill stands 1,206 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Roosevelt Rock, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1045 m
How to reach it
89 named places within 25 miles
- BLM: 1.2 mi
- BLM: 4.0 mi
- BLM: 4.5 mi
- BLM: 4.5 mi
- State Trust: 5.5 mi
- Roosevelt Rock: 0.0 mi
- Stone Lady Rock: 1.9 mi
- Piney Butte: 2.5 mi
- Chimney Rock: 5.7 mi
- Wilder Butte: 7.5 mi
- Ekalaka Historical Marker: 10.3 mi
- Ekalaka City Park: 11.2 mi
- Perso Park: 11.3 mi
- Opechee Park: 11.5 mi
- Triangle Park: 23.8 mi
- Carter County Museum: 11.2 mi
- O'Fallon Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
- Carter County Fairgrounds: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Rocks State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SW 219° | 1,206 m | 19.1 mi |
| Newberry Knob | SSW 209° | 1,122 m | 20.1 mi |
| Wilder Butte | SW 223° | 1,087 m | 7.5 mi |
| Red Hill | S 175° | 1,085 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bearhorn Butte | NNE 16° | 1,083 m | 11.8 mi |
| Dutchmans Hill | SE 138° | 1,080 m | 9.8 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SSE 151° | 1,069 m | 5.7 mi |
| Seven-up Butte | NNW 342° | 1,053 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:07 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:25 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ekalaka, 12 mi away.
- Great Plains yucca28 obs
- Painted Milkvetch22 obs
- green comet milkweed18 obs
- Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine16 obs
- Silverleaf phacelia12 obs
- ballhead ipomopsis11 obs
- prairie alumroot10 obs
- Silky Prairie Clover10 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357955364
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