Nature reserve · Montana
State Trust
State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 748 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the west, 11 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana State Trust Lands
How to reach it
Coordinates47.83886, -104.53849
79 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 48
- State Trust: 4.2 mi
- BLM: 4.3 mi
- State Trust: 7.1 mi
- State Trust: 7.5 mi
- State Trust: 8.4 mi
Parks: 17
- Lambert Park: 11.5 mi
- Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Meadow Park: 18.4 mi
- Moose Park: 19.5 mi
- Lyndale Acres Park: 19.5 mi
Peaks: 8
- Lone Butte: 4.5 mi
- Three Buttes: 7.4 mi
- Blue Hill: 9.6 mi
- Flag Butte: 10.9 mi
- Three Buttes: 14.3 mi
Museums: 3
- Historical Society Museum: 11.4 mi
- MonDak Heritage Center: 19.8 mi
- Culbertson Museum: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
- The Point: 18.4 mi
- Balls Bluff: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Java: 24.8 mi
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Butte | W 259° | 835 m | 10.9 mi |
| Three Buttes | S 188° | 830 m | 7.4 mi |
| Blue Hill | NE 35° | 801 m | 9.6 mi |
| Lone Butte | NE 47° | 784 m | 4.5 mi |
| Three Buttes | NNE 21° | 765 m | 14.3 mi |
| Haystack Butte | NW 306° | 734 m | 23.6 mi |
| Antelope Butte | NE 53° | 728 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bell Hill | SE 134° | 620 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:13 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:15 | 16:09 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/185783268
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