Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 770 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

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Coordinates48.00636, -106.30558

Around it

88 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves36

BLM: 3.8 mi
BLM: 4.2 mi
US DOD: 5.8 mi
State Trust: 6.0 mi
BLM: 6.3 mi

Parks24

Flat Lake Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
Bear Creek Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
Downstream Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
Mall Park: 6.6 mi
Coleman Wildlife Park: 6.6 mi

Peaks23

Indian Hill: 1.4 mi
Deadman Butte: 1.5 mi
Coal Hill: 4.9 mi
Caprock Butte: 5.4 mi
Lucky Hill: 7.8 mi

Museums2

Powerhouse Museum: 5.0 mi
Valley County Pioneer Museum: 20.7 mi

Historic sites2

Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
Old Fort Peck Historical Marker: 8.1 mi

Attractions1

G: 20.9 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
Square Butte	SSW 204°	861 m	22.6 mi
Coal Hill	SE 146°	844 m	4.9 mi
Indian Hill	S 176°	831 m	1.4 mi
Goat Mountain	SSE 155°	810 m	12.3 mi
Westland Hill	SSE 151°	809 m	11.7 mi
Lucky Hill	SSE 168°	807 m	7.8 mi
Deadman Butte	N 6°	803 m	1.5 mi
Seventh Point Buttes	WSW 236°	803 m	21.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:37	19:18
June solstice	05:06	20:20	21:09
September equinox	06:53	18:24	19:05
December solstice	07:53	15:21	16:15

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	34	47	57	66	74	73	62	49	34	22
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	2.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786589

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