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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 577 m. Flat Rock Butte stands 830 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is East Park, a park 2.4 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.69246, -104.10665

72 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 30
Peaks: 18
  • Bell Hill: 7.0 mi
  • The Pyramid: 13.1 mi
  • Bull Butte: 14.9 mi
  • Sheep Butte: 15.1 mi
  • Sheep Butte: 15.8 mi
Parks: 15
  • East Park: 2.4 mi
  • Swanson Field: 2.5 mi
  • North Park: 2.5 mi
  • Nutter Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Hansen Park: 2.6 mi
Ghost towns: 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
Flat Rock ButteSSE 147°830 m21.2 mi
Three ButtesW 278°830 m21.2 mi
Sheep ButteESE 106°814 m15.1 mi
Blue HillNW 321°801 m23.1 mi
Eagle ButteE 101°797 m15.8 mi
Burning Mine ButteESE 116°787 m22.0 mi
Lone ButteNW 308°784 m21.3 mi
Sheep ButteESE 101°782 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2819:09
June solstice04:5920:1120:59
September equinox06:4418:1518:56
December solstice07:4315:1416:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902402

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