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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 716 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.35966, -104.52136
Around it

93 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Parks: 26
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 17.6 mi
  • Penninger Park: 18.6 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 18.8 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 18.9 mi
  • Perham Field: 19.0 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Beehive: 14.5 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 15.7 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 15.8 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 16.1 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 16.2 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 17.5 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 18.1 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of State Trust. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clay ButteNW 307°947 m24.7 mi
Blue MountainESE 113°878 m17.9 mi
Four ButtesSE 140°864 m23.3 mi
Twin ButtesW 263°847 m20.5 mi
Glendive ButteSW 228°802 m15.7 mi
Cluster ButtesSSE 150°779 m15.8 mi
Lindberg HillENE 71°770 m18.0 mi
Bull ButteENE 67°756 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0220:1120:59
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:4315:1816:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465766737161473221
Precip in0.40.30.51.32.62.82.31.51.51.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savage, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903013

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