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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,256 m. Old Baldy stands 2,645 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

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What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

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Coordinates46.71667, -108.83365
Around it

68 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 13
  • Steamboat Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Bald Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Sahara Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Three Buttes: 15.2 mi
  • Timber Buttes: 15.4 mi
Springs: 6
Parks: 3
  • Grass Range City Park: 21.4 mi
  • Cow Country Historical Marker: 23.2 mi
  • Roundup City Park: 23.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Musselshell Valley Historical Museum: 23.2 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
Old BaldyW 276°2,645 m22.9 mi
Lost PeakW 273°2,494 m20.3 mi
Red HillW 273°1,878 m16.7 mi
Bald ButteNW 306°1,710 m8.7 mi
Lyons ButteNW 312°1,661 m18.8 mi
Sahara HillWSW 257°1,622 m12.2 mi
Button ButteNNE 19°1,372 m17.5 mi
McDonald ButteNNW 335°1,308 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4819:28
June solstice05:2220:2621:14
September equinox07:0318:3519:15
December solstice07:5815:3916:31

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262736445361686758463526
Precip in0.70.50.91.83.43.21.71.71.51.20.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grass Range, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783220

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