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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 735 m. Red Top Butte stands 933 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cluster Buttes, a peak 1.7 miles away. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 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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Coordinates47.14159, -104.37781
Around it

123 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 55
Parks: 34
  • Carol Park: 13.5 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 13.5 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 13.9 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 13.9 mi
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Cluster Buttes: 1.7 mi
  • Four Buttes: 8.8 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 12.1 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 12.8 mi
  • Beehive: 13.7 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 5
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 12.4 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 14.6 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 14.8 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 15.6 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Pierre Wibaux: 13.5 mi
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 14.0 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 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
Red Top ButteSSE 153°933 m22.4 mi
Blue MountainSW 219°904 m16.2 mi
Baird ButteSSE 152°899 m19.0 mi
Jackrabbit ButteSSE 152°898 m22.1 mi
Blue MountainNE 50°878 m12.8 mi
Four ButtesESE 108°864 m8.8 mi
Horse PointSSE 159°862 m22.5 mi
Rattlesnake ButteSSW 209°817 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:10
June solstice05:0320:1020:58
September equinox06:4518:1718:57
December solstice07:4215:1916:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161930415261696757432919
Precip in0.30.40.61.52.72.82.31.81.81.20.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wibaux 2 E, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903004

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