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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,198 m. Dunn Mountain stands 1,440 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Buttes, a peak 2.3 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates46.26876, -108.22292

51 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 27
Peaks: 15
  • Three Buttes: 2.3 mi
  • Square Butte: 2.9 mi
  • Dunn Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Steamboat Butte: 5.9 mi
  • Johnston Mountain: 7.0 mi
Parks: 4
  • Roundup City Park: 19.5 mi
  • Cow Country Historical Marker: 20.1 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 22.7 mi
  • Arrow Island Park: 23.4 mi
Museums: 2
  • Musselshell Valley Historical Museum: 19.6 mi
  • Huntley Project Museum: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
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
Dunn MountainWSW 259°1,440 m5.2 mi
Johnston MountainW 264°1,420 m7.0 mi
Three ButtesN 350°1,397 m2.3 mi
Square ButteN 3°1,375 m2.9 mi
Signal MountainW 267°1,265 m10.8 mi
Elbow HillW 271°1,236 m9.0 mi
Steamboat ButteE 101°1,177 m5.9 mi
Chimney ButteN 359°1,115 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:26
June solstice05:2220:2221:09
September equinox07:0118:3319:12
December solstice07:5415:3916:30

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222433425261706958443224
Precip in0.50.60.71.62.62.61.30.91.21.40.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompeys Pillar 15N, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786601

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