Rough Rider State Park
Rough Rider State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 690 m. Sentinel Butte stands 1,045 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Billings County Courthouse Museum, a museum 1.6 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
54 named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Butte: 5.3 mi
- Chimney Butte: 5.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 7.4 mi
- Square Butte: 7.7 mi
- Tracy Mountain: 9.6 mi
- de Mores Park: 1.6 mi
- Chimney Park: 1.8 mi
- Frank Kordonowy Park: 16.2 mi
- 6th Ave South East - East Park: 21.7 mi
- Public Playground: 22.1 mi
- Billings County Courthouse Museum: 1.6 mi
- North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame: 1.6 mi
- Von Hoffman House: 1.7 mi
- Harold Schafer Heritage Center: 1.7 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park Visitor's Center: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Medora Slaughterhouse: 1.7 mi
- Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Old East Entrance: 5.6 mi
- Initial Rock: 8.4 mi
- Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 22.5 mi
- Pikes Peak: 11.0 mi
- Ukraina: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rough Rider State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Butte | W 264° | 1,045 m | 14.1 mi |
| Square Butte | WSW 257° | 1,020 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bullion Butte | SSW 192° | 1,015 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bullion Butte | SSW 192° | 1,006 m | 15.0 mi |
| Rocky Butte | WSW 253° | 989 m | 18.9 mi |
| Camels Hump Butte | WNW 288° | 954 m | 12.8 mi |
| Five Point Butte | WSW 242° | 909 m | 19.3 mi |
| West Twin Butte | NW 309° | 900 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:27 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:06 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:14 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:17 | 16:09 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 44 | 30 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medora, 2 mi away.
- Mule Deer31 obs
- Plains Pricklypear28 obs
- Turkey Vulture23 obs
- American Robin20 obs
- Two-striped Grasshopper19 obs
- Chipping Sparrow18 obs
- Lark Sparrow17 obs
- Gopher Snake17 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/265150533
Day trips start here
- Medora · 2 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park · 6 mi
- Badlands · 14 mi
- Little Missouri National Grasslands · 14 mi
- Belfield · 16 mi
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