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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 816 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 9.0 miles away. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.40654, -104.71897
Around it

92 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 46
Parks: 26
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 19.1 mi
  • Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 19.2 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 19.3 mi
  • Lambert Park: 19.6 mi
  • Penninger Park: 19.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Twin Buttes: 12.5 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 13.9 mi
  • Clay Butte: 15.6 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 16.4 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 18.9 mi
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 18.9 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 20.9 mi
  • Richey Rodeo Grounds: 23.6 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 24.2 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 ButteNW 317°947 m15.6 mi
Twin ButtesWSW 243°847 m12.5 mi
Three ButtesNNE 18°830 m23.7 mi
Glendive ButteS 190°802 m13.9 mi
Cluster ButtesSE 135°779 m24.1 mi
BeehiveESE 106°748 m24.2 mi
Bryants ButtesSSE 168°742 m18.9 mi
Hungry JoeS 177°735 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3119:12
June solstice05:0320:1221:00
September equinox06:4618:1818:59
December solstice07:4415:1916:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465766737161473221
Precip in0.40.30.51.32.62.82.31.51.51.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savage, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784582

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