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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 717 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the south, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 113 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.05910, -104.61121
Around it

113 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 55
Parks: 29
  • Makoshika State Park: 3.1 mi
  • Windham SQ park: 5.4 mi
  • Whipkey Park: 5.5 mi
  • Babe Ruth Field: 5.5 mi
  • Community Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Hungry Joe: 4.8 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 5.7 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 9.3 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Rock Bridge: 3.4 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 3.7 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 6.4 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 20.8 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 2.5 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainS 173°904 m7.0 mi
Baird ButteESE 119°899 m22.9 mi
Pine HillS 177°868 m19.5 mi
Four ButtesE 81°864 m19.6 mi
Horse PointSE 129°862 m24.4 mi
Twin ButtesNW 319°847 m24.4 mi
Graveyard HillSSE 168°822 m20.3 mi
Rattlesnake ButteS 177°817 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0420:1120:58
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4215:2016:12

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785693

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