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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 880 m. Little Sheep Mountain stands 1,079 m to the west-northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.86587, -105.72090
Around it

82 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 13
  • Little Sheep Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Ingersol Butte: 6.4 mi
  • Bowgun Butte: 7.3 mi
  • Eagle Butte: 9.5 mi
  • McClure Butte: 9.9 mi
Parks: 3
  • Powder River Historical Marker: 16.4 mi
  • Prairie County Veterans Park: 20.0 mi
  • Murn Park: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Prairie County Fairgrounds: 19.2 mi
  • T: 19.5 mi
  • Camp 21: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
Springs: 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
Little Sheep MountainWNW 285°1,079 m3.6 mi
Big Sheep MountainN 360°1,074 m12.1 mi
Diamond G ButteENE 61°982 m21.5 mi
Horse Creek HillSW 225°955 m16.8 mi
Chalk ButteW 265°922 m17.0 mi
Chalk ButteNW 326°903 m19.6 mi
Little Chalk ButteWNW 282°892 m21.0 mi
Bowgun ButteENE 58°889 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3619:16
June solstice05:0920:1421:02
September equinox06:5018:2219:02
December solstice07:4615:2616:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172031415161686757422919
Precip in0.40.30.51.42.62.62.11.11.31.10.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terry 21 NNW, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902421

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