Nature reserve · Montana
State Trust
State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 764 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana State Trust Lands
How to reach it
Coordinates46.92366, -104.70059
- 28.9 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway
114 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 56
- State Trust: 4.1 mi
- State Trust: 4.4 mi
- BLM: 4.8 mi
- BLM: 5.5 mi
- BLM: 7.3 mi
Parks: 30
- Makoshika State Park: 8.9 mi
- Whipkey Park: 11.9 mi
- Babe Ruth Field: 11.9 mi
- Firefighter Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
- Community Park: 12.5 mi
Peaks: 15
- Blue Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 6.0 mi
- Mount McKinley: 10.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 11.5 mi
- Hungry Joe: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 4
- Rock Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 13.2 mi
- Dawson County Fairgrounds: 14.5 mi
- Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 24.5 mi
Museums: 4
- Frontier Gateway Museum: 13.9 mi
- Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum: 13.9 mi
- Pierre Wibaux County Museum: 24.6 mi
- Gateway Museum: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Iron Bluffs: 5.5 mi
- Barrs Bluffs: 15.7 mi
- Sheepshead Bluffs: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
- Pierre Wibaux: 24.1 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | ENE 65° | 904 m | 5.6 mi |
| Baird Butte | E 94° | 899 m | 24.3 mi |
| Rocking Chair Butte | SE 144° | 875 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSE 152° | 868 m | 11.5 mi |
| Horse Point | ESE 104° | 862 m | 24.0 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | SE 142° | 822 m | 13.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | SE 125° | 817 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount McKinley | SE 132° | 817 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:10 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:21 | 16:13 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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