Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,132 m. O'Brien Hill stands 1,415 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.22405, -109.16098

Around it

44 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves22

State Trust: 6.6 mi
State Trust: 8.5 mi
State Trust: 8.6 mi
State Trust: 8.8 mi
State Trust: 9.4 mi

Peaks16

Haystack Butte: 2.1 mi
Mount Sinai: 5.1 mi
Antelope Butte: 6.4 mi
Locomotive Butte: 10.2 mi
Indian Butte: 13.1 mi

Parks3

Ryegate City Park: 6.9 mi
Lavina City Park: 11.7 mi
Eastlake Pond/Big Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 22.4 mi

Historic sites1

Chief Joseph: 6.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Wheat Basin: 20.3 mi

Springs1

Mud Spring: 21.5 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
O'Brien Hill	WSW 254°	1,415 m	13.7 mi
Knob Hill	SW 224°	1,383 m	21.0 mi
Locomotive Butte	SW 230°	1,368 m	10.2 mi
Haystack Butte	NW 310°	1,349 m	23.9 mi
Mount Sinai	SW 227°	1,336 m	5.1 mi
Battle Butte	S 184°	1,334 m	23.9 mi
Jones Hill	SSW 206°	1,333 m	23.4 mi
Hugh Henry Hill	SSW 202°	1,333 m	24.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:50	19:29
June solstice	05:26	20:26	21:13
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:57	15:43	16:34

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	26	28	37	45	53	62	70	68	59	47	34	26

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ryegate, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786296

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