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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 759 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 30 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.79687, -106.14150
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Andrews Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte: 3.5 mi
  • Corner Butte: 3.7 mi
  • Willis Buttes: 3.8 mi
  • Goat Mountain: 4.1 mi
Parks: 16
  • Rock Creek State Park: 7.1 mi
  • Bear Creek Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
  • McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
  • Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
  • Flat Lake Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 1
Springs: 1
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
Square ButteWSW 250°861 m17.9 mi
Bonhoff ButteSSE 158°856 m10.2 mi
McDonald ButteSSE 168°847 m20.9 mi
Little HeavenSSE 149°846 m20.4 mi
Coal HillNNW 335°844 m11.5 mi
Devils Table RockSSE 167°838 m18.0 mi
Cobb HillS 178°838 m23.7 mi
Signal ButteWSW 251°832 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3719:17
June solstice05:0720:1921:08
September equinox06:5218:2319:04
December solstice07:5215:2216:15

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234475766747362493422
Precip in0.30.30.40.92.52.72.41.41.10.90.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785694

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