page_title: Rosebud Battlefield State Park
section_title: Setting
hierarchical_section_title: Rosebud Battlefield State Park / Setting
caption_attribution_description: English: Rosebud Battlefield-Where the Girl Saved Her Brother, Rosebud County, Montana. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72000735
context_page_description: Rosebud Battlefield State Park in Big Horn County, Montana preserves a large portion of the battlefield of the Battle of the Rosebud, fought on June 17, 1876. The battle is known by various other names including The Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother by the Northern Cheyenne, and Crook's Fight on the Rosebud. A National Historic Landmark, the park is a day use facility offering hiking, hunting, picnicking and wildlife viewing. It is located 11 miles south of Kirby, Montana on Montana Highway 314.
context_section_description: Rosebud Battlefield State Park is located in a rural setting of Big Horn County, Montana, southeast of Billings and just east of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. It is located west of Montana Highway 314, in an area of rolling prairie characterized by numerous ridges.  Immediately to the south of the battlefield is a mesa, below which Rosebud Creek meanders in a generally easterly direction.
  The park has an information kiosk and vault toilet at its entrance, and a rough gravel road traverses around the main battlefield area, but is otherwise undeveloped.
caption: View of the battlefield, undated NPS photo
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