Rosebud Montana Map

About Rosebud, Montana

Rosebud is a locality in Rosebud County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 33.9 people per km². Rosebud is located at 46.2744°N, 106.4447°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59347.

Rosebud occupies a stretch of high, arid prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it brushes the earth. It lies 104.3 miles east-northeast of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 70°T), and is situated 30.3 miles west-southwest of Miles City. The Yellowstone River defines the northern edge of the landscape, its currents carving a wide, pale path through the dry terrain that anchors the geography of Rosebud. To the south, the land rises toward the prominence of Jack Creek Hill, while the nearby Luterson Coulee creates a deep, shadowed crease in the plains. The air here holds a sharp clarity, especially as the sun begins to dip and casts long, thin amber shadows across the sagebrush and dry grass. A mile away, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet expanse of open range, preserving the rugged, unadorned character of the high plains that have remained largely unchanged by the passage of time.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, with cattle grazing on the sparse grasses and expansive fields of grain marking the seasonal cycles of the region. The history of the area is tied to the movement of people across these vast distances, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the way the local residents manage the demands of the climate and the land. While the East Fork Reservoir sits fourteen miles away, the daily life here is much more closely attuned to the unpredictable temperament of the river and the shifting colors of the prairie grasses. There is a particular beauty in the stillness of a winter morning or the sudden, intense green of the plains after a spring rain, moments that reveal the endurance required to thrive in this geography. Life moves at a measured pace, dictated not by the rush of modern commerce but by the needs of the herds and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons.

About This Rosebud Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rosebud, Montana. Coordinates: 46.274442, -106.444746. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Rosebud includes the ZIP code (59347), telephone area code (406), county seat of Rosebud County (Forsyth), and school district assignment (Rosebud K-12).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.