Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 818 m. Little Sheep Mountain stands 1,079 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Butte, a peak 0.5 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

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Coordinates46.79416, -105.56300

9.8 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.8 mi
BLM: 3.0 mi
BLM: 4.9 mi
BLM: 6.4 mi
BLM: 7.7 mi

Peaks21

Eagle Butte: 0.5 mi
McClure Butte: 5.2 mi
Sheridan Butte: 5.6 mi
Ingersol Butte: 6.0 mi
Bowgun Butte: 8.9 mi

Parks4

Powder River Historical Marker: 7.5 mi
Prairie County Veterans Park: 11.8 mi
Murn Park: 12.0 mi
Walther Park: 21.1 mi

Attractions3

Prairie County Fairgrounds: 11.2 mi
T: 11.8 mi
Camp 21: 20.9 mi

Cliffs2

Devils Backbone: 8.6 mi
Sheepshead Bluffs: 20.2 mi

Museums1

Prairie County Museum: 11.8 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
Little Sheep Mountain	WNW 298°	1,079 m	12.5 mi
Big Sheep Mountain	NNW 336°	1,074 m	18.7 mi
Buck Mountain	SSE 166°	1,014 m	23.7 mi
Green Mountain	SSE 161°	1,013 m	22.2 mi
Blue Mountain	SSE 162°	1,005 m	23.4 mi
The Knob	S 180°	988 m	22.2 mi
Diamond G Butte	NE 37°	982 m	19.0 mi
Big Peak	SSE 161°	970 m	20.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:06	18:35	19:15
June solstice	05:09	20:13	21:01
September equinox	06:50	18:22	19:02
December solstice	07:45	15:26	16:17

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	22	34	45	55	65	73	72	61	46	32	21
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.5	2.4	1.9	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903047

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