Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 811 m. Shell Butte stands 1,036 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill, a peak 5.0 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

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Coordinates46.70426, -104.59070

Around it

82 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves57

BLM: 5.8 mi
BLM: 6.3 mi
BLM: 6.9 mi
State Trust: 7.8 mi
BLM: 9.1 mi

Peaks16

Pine Hill: 5.0 mi
Graveyard Hill: 5.6 mi
Rocking Chair Butte: 7.5 mi
Mount McKinley: 8.5 mi
Rattlesnake Butte: 11.7 mi

Parks4

Plevna City Park: 20.2 mi
Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge: 21.5 mi
Makoshika State Park: 24.3 mi
Yellowstone River Historical Marker: 24.3 mi

Cliffs2

Iron Bluffs: 20.8 mi
Barrs Bluffs: 22.6 mi

Attractions1

Rock Bridge: 24.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Carlyle: 24.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 24.7 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
Shell Butte	ESE 110°	1,036 m	17.6 mi
Antelope Butte	SE 142°	984 m	23.1 mi
Cap Rock	ESE 111°	974 m	13.6 mi
Podolski Butte	ENE 75°	935 m	21.2 mi
Red Top Butte	ENE 63°	933 m	22.8 mi
Blue Mountain	N 360°	904 m	17.5 mi
Baird Butte	NE 55°	899 m	23.3 mi
Jackrabbit Butte	ENE 62°	898 m	23.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:31	19:11
June solstice	05:05	20:09	20:57
September equinox	06:46	18:18	18:58
December solstice	07:41	15:22	16:14

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	18	21	31	42	52	62	69	69	59	44	31	21
Precip in	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.6	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlyle 13 NW, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185215030

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