Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 805 m. Big Sheep Mountain stands 1,074 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

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Coordinates47.27249, -106.05099

12.3 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves32

State Trust: 4.2 mi
State Trust: 9.2 mi
State Trust: 9.5 mi
BLM: 10.9 mi
BLM: 12.2 mi

Peaks15

Twin Buttes: 6.4 mi
White Buttes: 10.7 mi
Hook Rock: 11.4 mi
Chalk Butte: 12.7 mi
Cobb Hill: 13.0 mi

Parks6

Dinosaurs Historical Marker: 6.7 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
Ben Larson Park: 23.5 mi
Circle Historical Marker: 23.5 mi
Circle Park: 23.7 mi

Rest areas1

Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 6.7 mi

Attractions1

McCone County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi

Museums1

McCone County Museum: 23.5 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
Big Sheep Mountain	SE 136°	1,074 m	22.2 mi
Chalk Butte	SSE 159°	903 m	12.7 mi
Little Chalk Butte	SSW 192°	892 m	24.3 mi
McDonald Butte	N 0°	847 m	15.7 mi
Stony Butte Hill	ENE 74°	846 m	14.1 mi
Little Heaven	NNE 19°	846 m	19.8 mi
Cobb Hill	NNW 344°	838 m	13.0 mi
Devils Table Rock	N 359°	838 m	18.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:37	19:17
June solstice	05:09	20:17	21:05
September equinox	06:52	18:23	19:04
December solstice	07:49	15:25	16:17

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	18	22	33	44	54	63	71	70	59	45	31	21
Precip in	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.5	2.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockway 3 WSW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786058

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