Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 921 m. Maxwell Butte stands 1,134 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.70430, -105.24720

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 1.3 mi
BLM: 1.5 mi
BLM: 5.3 mi
BLM: 7.0 mi
BLM: 7.3 mi

Peaks35

Tepee Hill: 1.4 mi
Oliphant Butte: 5.9 mi
Rattlesnake Hill: 6.0 mi
Soldiers Mount: 8.4 mi
Deer Creek Buttes: 9.0 mi

Museums2

Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum: 19.6 mi
Wildlife Museum: 20.1 mi

Parks1

Cottonwood Park: 19.8 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Maxwell Butte	N 353°	1,134 m	14.5 mi
Saddle Butte	ESE 103°	1,134 m	22.0 mi
East Fork Buttes	S 174°	1,119 m	24.0 mi
Twin Buttes	W 272°	1,111 m	16.4 mi
Lightning Butte	SSE 156°	1,110 m	23.4 mi
Buffalo Butte	SSE 148°	1,074 m	16.8 mi
Pine Butte	SSE 151°	1,069 m	24.1 mi
Twin Buttes	NNE 17°	1,062 m	12.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:34	19:14
June solstice	05:12	20:09	20:55
September equinox	06:49	18:21	19:00
December solstice	07:40	15:30	16:20

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	21	25	36	46	56	66	74	73	62	47	34	24
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.7	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Powderville 8 NNE, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903016

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