Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,010 m. Crown Butte stands 1,086 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Day Butte, a peak 3.5 miles away. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.10690, -107.47408

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.9 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi
BLM: 7.2 mi
BLM: 7.2 mi

Peaks41

O'Day Butte: 3.5 mi
Rattlesnake Butte: 3.6 mi
Neiter Butte: 4.9 mi
Kirts Butte: 5.1 mi
Mows Butte: 5.6 mi

Springs17

Peterson Spring: 10.3 mi
Geyser Spring: 11.5 mi
Mud Springs: 12.0 mi
Goodhue Springs: 12.3 mi
Taylor Spring: 12.4 mi

Rest areas1

MT 200 Rest Area: 19.9 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Crown Butte	SE 127°	1,086 m	19.7 mi
Robbers Roost	SE 135°	1,081 m	9.8 mi
Hawks Nest	SE 128°	1,070 m	9.7 mi
McGinnis Butte	SSE 159°	1,059 m	12.0 mi
Manlove Butte	SSE 160°	1,058 m	6.0 mi
School Butte	SE 138°	1,053 m	16.8 mi
Fig Mountain	E 101°	1,045 m	21.8 mi
Emma Butte	SE 139°	1,042 m	14.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:42	19:23
June solstice	05:15	20:22	21:10
September equinox	06:57	18:29	19:09
December solstice	07:54	15:31	16:24

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	24	28	37	47	56	65	74	72	62	49	36	27
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.6	2.8	1.9	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mosby 4 ENE, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786293

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