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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 867 m. Black Butte stands 1,687 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 16 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.40858, -108.53438
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 10
  • Haystack Butte: 3.4 mi
  • Button Butte: 6.7 mi
  • Smoky Johnson Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Coal Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Dovetail Butte: 12.4 mi
Springs: 5
Parks: 3
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 16.9 mi
  • Roy City Park: 20.5 mi
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
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
Black ButteWSW 240°1,687 m23.7 mi
Rattlesnake ButteWSW 245°1,205 m22.5 mi
Coal HillWSW 258°1,056 m12.1 mi
Haystack ButteSSE 154°1,027 m3.4 mi
Three ButtesSSW 205°1,023 m21.1 mi
Dovetail ButteE 92°986 m12.4 mi
Indian ButteNW 316°928 m14.8 mi
Button ButteNNE 12°903 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4619:27
June solstice05:1820:2721:15
September equinox07:0218:3319:14
December solstice08:0015:3416:27

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783926

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