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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,180 m. Horn Mountain stands 1,435 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dutchman Spring, a spring 2.2 miles away. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates45.22297, -106.46550

125 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 51
Springs: 40
  • Dutchman Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Penn Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Pasture Spring Number Three: 5.0 mi
  • Jackson Spring Number Two: 6.0 mi
  • Wild Hog Spring: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Pyramid Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Stroud: 6.2 mi
  • Wild Hog Butte: 6.4 mi
  • Battle Butte: 7.1 mi
  • Poker Jim Butte: 8.5 mi
Parks: 3
Historic sites: 1
Cliffs: 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
Horn MountainWNW 286°1,435 m21.3 mi
Buffalo JumpW 271°1,376 m24.7 mi
Half Moon HillW 269°1,374 m22.7 mi
Cook Creek ButteNW 319°1,368 m19.4 mi
Fisher ButteN 354°1,340 m22.9 mi
Poker Jim ButteNE 35°1,326 m8.5 mi
Red ButteSE 137°1,292 m18.1 mi
Gobbler KnobESE 114°1,278 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4019:18
June solstice05:1920:1220:58
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4315:3816:27

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242737455464737262473425
Precip in0.50.51.01.82.72.31.70.81.31.60.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leiter 9N, 27 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786310

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