Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,079 m. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lightning Butte, a peak 0.6 miles away. 44 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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Coordinates45.40222, -105.05487

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.6 mi
BLM: 3.7 mi
BLM: 3.9 mi
BLM: 4.4 mi
BLM: 5.3 mi

Peaks44

Lightning Butte: 0.6 mi
Pine Butte: 2.3 mi
Deranleau Butte: 4.3 mi
Morellas Butte: 4.7 mi
Shipley Butte: 5.5 mi

Springs2

Selway Spring: 9.5 mi
Church Spring: 10.3 mi

Museums2

Wildlife Museum: 17.3 mi
Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum: 17.4 mi

Parks1

Cottonwood Park: 17.4 mi

Cliffs1

Rock Wall: 20.9 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
West Butte	S 176°	1,345 m	21.6 mi
Greasy Hill	SE 134°	1,238 m	17.1 mi
Belcher Mountain	SSE 166°	1,222 m	19.3 mi
Wolf Point	ESE 121°	1,198 m	19.3 mi
Dead Horse Point	ESE 114°	1,183 m	22.6 mi
Tip Top Butte	ESE 113°	1,182 m	18.6 mi
Eldon Mountain	WSW 241°	1,171 m	20.0 mi
Twin Buttes	ESE 106°	1,143 m	19.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:04	18:34	19:13
June solstice	05:13	20:07	20:53
September equinox	06:48	18:21	19:00
December solstice	07:38	15:31	16:21

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	24	27	38	47	56	67	75	73	62	49	35	26
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.7	2.4	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Broadus, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902429

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