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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 722 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag Butte, a peak 5.9 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.87261, -104.68406
Around it

72 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 50
Peaks: 10
  • Flag Butte: 5.9 mi
  • Lone Butte: 10.0 mi
  • Three Buttes: 11.3 mi
  • Blue Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Three Buttes: 16.2 mi
Parks: 5
  • Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
  • Lambert Park: 13.5 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 20.3 mi
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 20.5 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 20.7 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Richey Rodeo Grounds: 24.4 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clay ButteSSW 210°947 m24.0 mi
Flag ButteSW 222°835 m5.9 mi
Three ButtesSSE 149°830 m11.3 mi
Blue HillENE 66°801 m13.4 mi
Lone ButteE 86°784 m10.0 mi
Three ButtesNE 47°765 m16.2 mi
Haystack ButteNW 313°734 m16.9 mi
Antelope ButteENE 68°728 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0020:1321:02
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4615:1616:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786057

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