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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 782 m. Rosebud Buttes stands 1,006 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 5.9 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates46.29175, -106.54162

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 55
Peaks: 9
  • Schoolmarm Buttes: 8.1 mi
  • Ice Cream Butte: 8.1 mi
  • Jack Creek Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Black Buttes: 10.0 mi
  • Rosebud Buttes: 10.7 mi
Parks: 6
  • Pioneer Park: 6.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 6.8 mi
  • Marcyes Park: 7.1 mi
  • VFW Park: 7.4 mi
  • Cattle Brands Historical Marker: 11.4 mi

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
Rosebud ButtesSE 140°1,006 m10.7 mi
Baldy ButteSE 129°985 m23.1 mi
Castle ButteWNW 295°938 m13.8 mi
Black ButtesNNE 24°916 m10.0 mi
Sand ButtesNE 47°880 m15.2 mi
Ice Cream ButteN 4°862 m8.1 mi
Lookout ButteENE 69°856 m24.8 mi
Schoolmarm ButtesNNW 328°848 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1520:1621:03
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:4715:3216:23

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636465665737161473424
Precip in0.60.60.91.82.92.51.41.21.41.40.70.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214396

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