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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 887 m. Silver Peak stands 1,664 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 91 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

Coordinates47.53614, -108.57816

91 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 15
  • Button Butte: 4.1 mi
  • Smoky Johnson Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Indian Butte: 8.5 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 12.4 mi
  • Coal Hill: 15.0 mi
Springs: 11
Parks: 4
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 8.2 mi
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 15.0 mi
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 18.6 mi
  • Roy City Park: 22.6 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
Silver PeakN 359°1,664 m24.3 mi
Saddle ButteN 4°1,570 m24.7 mi
Sugar Loaf ButteN 356°1,490 m24.7 mi
Thornhill ButteNNW 348°1,405 m22.7 mi
Sharette ButteNNE 14°1,235 m24.6 mi
Coal HillSW 221°1,056 m15.0 mi
Haystack ButteSSE 163°1,027 m12.4 mi
Dovetail ButteESE 122°986 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4619:27
June solstice05:1820:2821:16
September equinox07:0218:3319:14
December solstice08:0015:3316:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212433445462716959463322

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sand Creek, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903008

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