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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 805 m. Mount Antelope stands 1,050 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.31347, -105.09548
Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 29
Parks: 26
  • West Glendive Park: 21.5 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 21.5 mi
  • History Park: 22.0 mi
  • Historical Landmark Park: 22.0 mi
  • Glendive Historical Marker: 22.0 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Twin Buttes: 6.6 mi
  • High Point: 9.3 mi
  • Crazy Butte: 12.5 mi
  • Mount Antelope: 14.5 mi
  • Woodworth Hill: 16.2 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 22.6 mi
  • Richey Rodeo Grounds: 22.8 mi
  • McCone County Fairgrounds: 24.0 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
Mount AntelopeWSW 258°1,050 m14.5 mi
High PointW 264°1,015 m9.3 mi
Diamond G ButteSSW 207°982 m23.2 mi
Clay ButteNNE 21°947 m19.2 mi
Lower SummitWSW 253°891 m21.0 mi
Crazy ButteWNW 286°876 m12.5 mi
Twin ButtesE 84°847 m6.6 mi
Woodworth HillNW 305°818 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:13
June solstice05:0520:1321:01
September equinox06:4818:2019:00
December solstice07:4515:2116:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 23 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783941

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