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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 833 m. Blacktail Butte stands 1,040 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates46.53123, -106.94573

77 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 59
Peaks: 10
  • Gold Butte: 10.4 mi
  • Castle Butte: 12.7 mi
  • Schoolmarm Buttes: 17.8 mi
  • Blacktail Butte: 18.2 mi
  • Ice Cream Butte: 21.6 mi
Parks: 5
  • Lions Club Park: 21.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 22.0 mi
  • VFW Park: 22.1 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 22.3 mi
  • Marcyes Park: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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
Blacktail ButteN 356°1,040 m18.2 mi
Rattlesnake ButteSSW 197°981 m21.9 mi
The Big HillNE 34°969 m24.0 mi
Sunday ButteNE 48°962 m22.5 mi
Castle ButteSSE 148°938 m12.7 mi
Round ButteNE 37°916 m22.9 mi
Black ButtesESE 107°916 m24.5 mi
Gold ButteN 7°906 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:20
June solstice05:1520:1821:05
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:5015:3316:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182334445463727059443121
Precip in0.40.40.71.52.62.31.41.01.11.20.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ingomar 9 E, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900070

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