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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 982 m. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.83170, -108.40333

69 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 33
Peaks: 30
  • Ricker Butte: 3.8 mi
  • Sharette Butte: 3.9 mi
  • Coburn Butte: 4.4 mi
  • Spring Park Butte: 7.5 mi
  • Saddle Butte: 7.6 mi
Parks: 3
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 7.9 mi
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 19.2 mi
Springs: 2
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
Antoine ButteNW 311°1,743 m10.7 mi
Shell ButteNW 317°1,735 m10.2 mi
Old Scraggy PeakNW 322°1,731 m9.4 mi
Beaver MountainNNW 327°1,689 m10.7 mi
Mission PeakWNW 301°1,680 m12.0 mi
Green MountainNW 321°1,673 m11.0 mi
Silver PeakWNW 295°1,664 m9.2 mi
Gold Bug ButteWNW 301°1,660 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:26
June solstice05:1620:2821:17
September equinox07:0118:3319:13
December solstice08:0115:3116:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242432415058666656433325
Precip in0.90.60.81.83.24.02.31.51.41.31.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zortman, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903002

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