Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 933 m. Crown Butte stands 1,086 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Darby Buttes, a peak 1.7 miles away. 97 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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Coordinates47.13964, -106.91927

Around it

97 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves51

BLM: 4.6 mi
BLM: 4.8 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi
BLM: 6.8 mi
BLM: 6.9 mi

Peaks26

Darby Buttes: 1.7 mi
Fig Mountain: 8.0 mi
McGraw Butte: 11.1 mi
Joe Ott Butte: 11.2 mi
Pikes Peak: 12.1 mi

Springs13

Parks5

Indian Country Historical Marker: 11.6 mi
Woodland Park: 12.2 mi
Kariotis Park: 12.4 mi
Willems Park: 12.4 mi
Panwitz Park: 12.6 mi

Historic sites1

Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 12.5 mi

Museums1

Garfield County Museum: 12.8 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
Crown Butte	SW 217°	1,086 m	17.6 mi
Robbers Roost	WSW 244°	1,081 m	21.3 mi
Hawks Nest	WSW 246°	1,070 m	20.3 mi
School Butte	SW 225°	1,053 m	21.1 mi
Mother Butte	S 182°	1,047 m	13.3 mi
Fig Mountain	SW 216°	1,045 m	8.0 mi
Emma Butte	SW 231°	1,042 m	21.2 mi
Blacktail Butte	S 186°	1,040 m	24.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:11	18:40	19:20
June solstice	05:13	20:20	21:08
September equinox	06:55	18:27	19:07
December solstice	07:52	15:29	16:21

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	17	21	32	43	53	63	71	69	58	44	31	20
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.2	2.7	1.7	1.3	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784549

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