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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 863 m. Sentinel Butte stands 1,045 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.7 miles away. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.92337, -104.31436
Around it

113 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 37
Parks: 35
  • Carol Park: 7.0 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 7.1 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 7.5 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 7.5 mi
  • Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Baird Butte: 6.2 mi
  • Horse Point: 7.7 mi
  • Jackrabbit Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Red Top Butte: 8.8 mi
  • Podolski Butte: 12.3 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 14.2 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 19.6 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 19.9 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Pierre Wibaux: 7.1 mi
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 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
Sentinel ButteE 99°1,045 m22.9 mi
Shell ButteS 171°1,036 m21.4 mi
Rocky ButteESE 113°989 m20.3 mi
Cap RockS 181°974 m20.1 mi
Camels Hump ButteE 85°954 m24.5 mi
Podolski ButteSE 143°935 m12.3 mi
Red Top ButteSE 124°933 m8.8 mi
Five Point ButteESE 120°909 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:10
June solstice05:0320:0920:56
September equinox06:4518:1718:57
December solstice07:4115:2016:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161930415261696757432919
Precip in0.30.40.61.52.72.82.31.81.81.20.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wibaux 2 E, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898326

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