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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 584 m. Three Buttes stands 830 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.63048, -104.18588
Around it

65 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 30
Parks: 16
  • Lyndale Acres Park: 5.0 mi
  • Hansen Park: 5.2 mi
  • Swanson Field: 5.4 mi
  • Moose Park: 5.6 mi
  • Central Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Bell Hill: 2.3 mi
  • The Pyramid: 7.7 mi
  • Bull Butte: 11.3 mi
  • Lindberg Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Sheep Butte: 18.2 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three ButtesWNW 292°830 m18.8 mi
Flat Rock ButteSE 132°830 m20.3 mi
Sheep ButteE 90°814 m18.2 mi
Blue HillNNW 334°801 m24.8 mi
Eagle ButteE 86°797 m19.2 mi
Burning Mine ButteESE 103°787 m24.1 mi
Lone ButteNW 323°784 m21.8 mi
Sheep ButteE 86°782 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:09
June solstice05:0020:1120:59
September equinox06:4418:1618:56
December solstice07:4315:1516:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902047

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