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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 604 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.8 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates48.04719, -105.07409

48 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 35
Parks: 4
  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
  • American Legion Park: 7.6 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Park: 21.5 mi
  • Bridge Park: 21.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Haystack Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Twomile Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Flag Butte: 21.7 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3

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
Flag ButteSE 139°835 m21.7 mi
Haystack ButteE 95°734 m5.8 mi
Twomile HillNE 40°616 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3219:13
June solstice05:0120:1621:04
September equinox06:4818:1919:00
December solstice07:4815:1616:10

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161932445563717059453019
Precip in0.30.30.41.22.52.92.11.41.31.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vida 6 NE, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786065

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