State
State is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 627 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontier Gateway Museum, a museum 1.2 miles away. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
What to expect
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- State of Montana
How to reach it
108 named places within 25 miles
- MT FWP Black Bridge Fishing Site: 3.2 mi
- BLM: 4.4 mi
- MT FWP: 4.9 mi
- State Trust: 5.0 mi
- State Trust: 5.3 mi
- Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 1.3 mi
- Boy with Dog Park: 1.9 mi
- Penninger Park: 2.0 mi
- Perham Field: 2.0 mi
- Lloyd Square Park: 2.0 mi
- Bryants Buttes: 1.8 mi
- Hungry Joe: 2.4 mi
- Custers Lookout: 4.3 mi
- Glendive Butte: 7.8 mi
- Blue Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Frontier Gateway Museum: 1.2 mi
- Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum: 1.3 mi
- Pierre Wibaux County Museum: 24.4 mi
- Gateway Museum: 24.5 mi
- Dawson County Fairgrounds: 1.5 mi
- Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 1.6 mi
- Rock Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 24.7 mi
- Iron Bluffs: 8.4 mi
- Barrs Bluffs: 24.9 mi
- Pierre Wibaux: 23.8 mi
- Wibaux Settler Monument: 24.6 mi
- Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 4.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of State. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | SSE 163° | 904 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 171° | 868 m | 24.1 mi |
| Four Buttes | E 93° | 864 m | 21.9 mi |
| Twin Buttes | NW 316° | 847 m | 19.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | S 169° | 817 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount McKinley | SSE 163° | 817 m | 21.7 mi |
| Glendive Butte | NW 320° | 802 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cluster Buttes | E 79° | 779 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:11 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:20 | 16:12 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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