Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 928 m. Button Butte stands 1,372 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is George Ore Memorial Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

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Coordinates47.01865, -108.36239

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 4.2 mi
BLM: 4.9 mi
BLM: 7.4 mi
State Trust: 8.1 mi
BLM: 8.2 mi

Springs10

Milk Springs: 16.3 mi
Breed Spring: 16.3 mi
Circle Bar Spring: 18.7 mi
Kettle Spring: 19.1 mi
Mud Spring: 19.5 mi

Peaks9

Rattlesnake Butte: 13.3 mi
Bald Butte: 15.0 mi
Three Buttes: 16.2 mi
Dog Butte: 16.8 mi
Button Butte: 17.2 mi

Parks3

George Ore Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
Jim Bartlett Field: 1.4 mi
Grass Range City Park: 20.8 mi

Rest areas1

MT 200 Rest Area: 23.7 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
Button Butte	WSW 256°	1,372 m	17.2 mi
Three Buttes	WSW 240°	1,254 m	16.2 mi
Bald Butte	WSW 241°	1,236 m	15.0 mi
Rattlesnake Butte	SE 139°	1,060 m	13.3 mi
Haystack Butte	NNW 345°	1,027 m	24.8 mi
Three Buttes	WNW 295°	1,023 m	18.8 mi
Tin Can Hill	NE 50°	927 m	19.2 mi
Dog Butte	N 5°	890 m	16.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:46	19:26
June solstice	05:19	20:25	21:13
September equinox	07:01	18:33	19:13
December solstice	07:57	15:35	16:27

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	27	36	45	54	63	70	70	60	47	35	26
Precip in	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.8	2.7	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatwillow 4 ENE, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185215035

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