Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,073 m. White Tail Butte stands 1,319 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelsey Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.03423, -105.86298

Around it

82 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves52

State Trust: 3.3 mi
BLM: 3.7 mi
BLM: 4.2 mi
BLM: 4.7 mi
BLM: 4.8 mi

Peaks26

Kelsey Hill: 1.2 mi
Black Eagle Butte: 6.8 mi
Gobbler Knob: 9.5 mi
Wallop Butte: 12.0 mi
Long Butte: 12.5 mi

Springs2

Loggins Spring: 23.9 mi
Tooley Spring: 24.2 mi

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 15.2 mi

Historic sites1

Fort Howes: 22.1 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
White Tail Butte	SE 138°	1,319 m	22.3 mi
L Quarter Circle Butte	WSW 241°	1,308 m	20.3 mi
Gardner Butte	N 359°	1,306 m	20.0 mi
Diamond Butte	NNW 347°	1,301 m	15.2 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	ENE 70°	1,295 m	21.6 mi
Baldy Peak	NE 53°	1,293 m	20.4 mi
Red Butte	W 269°	1,292 m	17.2 mi
Bailey Hill	N 359°	1,282 m	19.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:37	19:16
June solstice	05:17	20:09	20:55
September equinox	06:51	18:24	19:03
December solstice	07:40	15:36	16:25

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	23	26	36	45	54	64	72	70	60	46	34	24
Precip in	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.6	2.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorhead 9 NE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903479

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