Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,127 m. Dunn Mountain stands 1,440 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Mountain, a peak 5.8 miles away. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.31932, -108.53477

Around it

48 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves30

State Trust: 5.9 mi
BLM: 8.1 mi
State Trust: 8.3 mi
State Trust: 8.5 mi
State Trust: 10.0 mi

Peaks12

Signal Mountain: 5.8 mi
Elbow Hill: 6.8 mi
Johnston Mountain: 9.0 mi
Dunn Mountain: 10.8 mi
Naderman Buttes: 14.0 mi

Parks3

Cow Country Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
Roundup City Park: 9.0 mi
Lavina City Park: 19.3 mi

Museums1

Musselshell Valley Historical Museum: 8.8 mi

Cliffs1

Red Bluff: 10.8 mi

Attractions1

Billings Motorsports Park: 22.1 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	ESE 115°	1,440 m	10.8 mi
Johnston Mountain	ESE 118°	1,420 m	9.0 mi
Three Buttes	E 95°	1,397 m	14.5 mi
Square Butte	E 92°	1,375 m	15.1 mi
Signal Mountain	SE 135°	1,265 m	5.8 mi
Elbow Hill	ESE 119°	1,236 m	6.8 mi
Antelope Butte	WSW 252°	1,217 m	24.8 mi
Timber Buttes	NW 308°	1,204 m	19.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:47	19:27
June solstice	05:23	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:02	18:34	19:14
December solstice	07:55	15:40	16:31

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	25	28	36	45	54	63	71	70	60	46	34	26
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.5	2.9	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roundup, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214837

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