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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 616 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates48.08723, -104.48362

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 11
  • Three Buttes: 4.7 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Blue Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Antelope Butte: 13.2 mi
  • Lone Butte: 14.1 mi
Parks: 6
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 4.3 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 4.5 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 4.7 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
  • Fjeseth Field: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1

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
Flag ButteSW 215°835 m23.3 mi
Three ButtesS 188°830 m24.8 mi
Snake ButteNE 50°804 m18.9 mi
Blue HillSSE 162°801 m9.7 mi
Lone ButteS 177°784 m14.1 mi
Three ButtesSE 145°765 m4.7 mi
Clay ButteNE 42°739 m17.3 mi
Haystack ButteW 262°734 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice04:5920:1321:02
September equinox06:4518:1718:58
December solstice07:4615:1416:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785643

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