Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,012 m. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Hills, a peak 5.4 miles away. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.57664, -104.44990

Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves41

BLM: 6.1 mi
BLM: 6.3 mi
BLM: 6.8 mi
BLM: 7.7 mi
BLM: 8.6 mi

Peaks27

Taylor Hills: 5.4 mi
Belltower Butte: 7.9 mi
Blue Mud Hills: 12.5 mi
Timber Hill: 13.3 mi
Sheep Mountain: 14.0 mi

Parks4

Ghost towns1

Capitol: 21.0 mi

Museums1

Carter County Museum: 22.2 mi

Attractions1

Carter County Fairgrounds: 22.2 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
Finger Buttes	S 171°	1,273 m	17.5 mi
Big Hill	NW 323°	1,206 m	21.9 mi
Sheep Mountain	ESE 118°	1,199 m	14.0 mi
Belltower Butte	ENE 78°	1,198 m	7.9 mi
Stormy Butte	ENE 76°	1,192 m	15.3 mi
Dead Horse Point	SSW 202°	1,183 m	22.9 mi
Tip Top Butte	SSW 212°	1,182 m	22.8 mi
Capitol Rock	E 91°	1,170 m	17.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:31	19:10
June solstice	05:10	20:05	20:51
September equinox	06:46	18:18	18:57
December solstice	07:36	15:28	16:17

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	22	33	43	54	63	71	70	59	45	32	21
Precip in	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.6	2.4	2.0	1.7	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgeway 1 S, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185215021

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