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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 774 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.79492, -104.60132
Around it

77 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Parks: 16
  • Lambert Park: 7.8 mi
  • Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
  • Meadow Park: 20.1 mi
  • Lyndale Acres Park: 20.9 mi
  • Moose Park: 21.1 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Three Buttes: 4.7 mi
  • Flag Butte: 7.8 mi
  • Lone Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Blue Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Three Buttes: 18.3 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Richey Rodeo Grounds: 24.8 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
Clay ButteSW 226°947 m22.2 mi
Flag ButteW 277°835 m7.8 mi
Three ButtesSSE 156°830 m4.7 mi
Blue HillNE 38°801 m13.8 mi
Lone ButteNE 45°784 m8.7 mi
Three ButtesNNE 26°765 m18.3 mi
Haystack ButteNW 317°734 m23.4 mi
Antelope ButteNE 51°728 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0120:1321:01
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:4515:1616:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 22 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786035

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