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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,995 m. Sunlight Peak stands 3,074 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.09733, -110.86353
Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 49
  • Grouse Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Hatfield Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Red Rock Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Horsethief Mountain: 8.1 mi
  • Kavanaugh Hills: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Parks: 6
  • Veterans Park: 12.0 mi
  • Shields River Valley Historical Marker: 14.7 mi
  • Bishop Park: 20.8 mi
  • Smith River Valley Historical Marker: 23.3 mi
  • Ryen Glenn Park: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 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
Sunlight PeakE 88°3,074 m22.4 mi
Sacagawea PeakSSW 200°2,925 m14.8 mi
Pomp PeakSSW 202°2,911 m14.4 mi
Hardscrabble PeakSSW 204°2,904 m13.9 mi
Naya Nuki PeakSSW 199°2,880 m15.0 mi
Black MountainE 92°2,825 m21.3 mi
Saddle PeakS 190°2,784 m21.3 mi
Ross PeakSSW 195°2,747 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:36
June solstice05:3320:3321:19
September equinox07:1118:4319:23
December solstice08:0415:5116:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212532394956666553422922
Precip in0.50.61.11.82.32.41.41.11.31.30.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilsall 1S, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/160492189

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