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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 936 m. Cone Butte stands 1,769 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.27018, -108.60602

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 15
  • Haystack Butte: 8.1 mi
  • Three Buttes: 11.1 mi
  • Coal Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Dog Butte: 12.9 mi
  • Button Butte: 16.8 mi
Springs: 6
Parks: 4
  • Roy City Park: 17.2 mi
  • Grass Range City Park: 19.2 mi
  • George Ore Memorial Park: 21.8 mi
  • Jim Bartlett Field: 22.2 mi
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
Cone ButteW 268°1,769 m21.9 mi
Lewis PeakW 264°1,708 m24.1 mi
Black ButteW 262°1,687 m17.2 mi
Lookout PeakW 265°1,614 m20.2 mi
Button ButteSSW 193°1,372 m22.2 mi
Bald ButteS 184°1,236 m24.7 mi
Rattlesnake ButteW 271°1,205 m17.1 mi
Coal HillNW 310°1,056 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4719:27
June solstice05:1920:2721:15
September equinox07:0218:3419:14
December solstice07:5915:3516:27

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186899741

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