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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 844 m. Mount Antelope stands 1,050 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 4.6 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.23228, -105.09639

80 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 35
Parks: 25
  • West Glendive Park: 18.3 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 18.7 mi
  • History Park: 18.8 mi
  • Historical Landmark Park: 18.8 mi
  • Glendive Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Twin Buttes: 9.1 mi
  • High Point: 10.4 mi
  • Mount Antelope: 14.4 mi
  • Crazy Butte: 15.0 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 20.2 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 23.0 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 23.2 mi
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 23.6 mi
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
Mount AntelopeW 280°1,050 m14.4 mi
High PointWNW 297°1,015 m10.4 mi
Diamond G ButteSW 215°982 m18.4 mi
Clay ButteNNE 17°947 m24.6 mi
Lower SummitW 269°891 m20.0 mi
Crazy ButteNW 307°876 m15.0 mi
Twin ButtesNE 46°847 m9.1 mi
Woodworth HillNW 318°818 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:13
June solstice05:0520:1321:01
September equinox06:4818:2019:00
December solstice07:4515:2116:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898335

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