Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,068 m. Dunn Mountain stands 1,440 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Butte, a peak 3.5 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.40770, -108.15720

Around it

54 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves33

BLM: 7.8 mi
State Trust: 8.6 mi
State Trust: 9.0 mi
State Trust: 10.1 mi
BLM: 10.1 mi

Peaks17

Chimney Butte: 3.5 mi
Square Butte: 7.4 mi
Three Buttes: 8.1 mi
Steamboat Butte: 11.0 mi
Kilby Butte: 13.1 mi

Parks2

Roundup City Park: 18.4 mi
Cow Country Historical Marker: 19.7 mi

Cliffs1

Red Bluff: 15.6 mi

Museums1

Musselshell Valley Historical Museum: 18.6 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
Dunn Mountain	SW 218°	1,440 m	13.4 mi
Johnston Mountain	SW 224°	1,420 m	14.4 mi
Three Buttes	SSW 206°	1,397 m	8.1 mi
Square Butte	SSW 204°	1,375 m	7.4 mi
Signal Mountain	SW 234°	1,265 m	17.2 mi
Elbow Hill	SW 232°	1,236 m	15.3 mi
Steamboat Butte	SSE 166°	1,177 m	11.0 mi
Chimney Butte	WNW 284°	1,115 m	3.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:46	19:25
June solstice	05:21	20:23	21:10
September equinox	07:00	18:32	19:12
December solstice	07:54	15:38	16:29

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	22	24	33	42	52	61	70	69	58	44	32	24
Precip in	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.6	2.6	2.6	1.3	0.9	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompeys Pillar 15N, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902111

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