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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 904 m. Mother Butte stands 1,047 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.7 miles away. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.16002, -106.68509

73 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 40
Peaks: 19
  • Darby Buttes: 10.1 mi
  • Phillips Buttes: 10.2 mi
  • McGraw Butte: 13.8 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 14.6 mi
  • Black Hills: 16.5 mi
Parks: 5
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 14.4 mi
  • Willems Park: 15.2 mi
  • Panwitz Park: 15.2 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 15.2 mi
  • Woodland Park: 15.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 15.3 mi
Museums: 1

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
Mother ButteSW 218°1,047 m18.7 mi
Fig MountainWSW 244°1,045 m17.6 mi
Joe Ott ButteWSW 246°1,011 m21.4 mi
Blazier ButteSW 229°1,003 m21.7 mi
The Big HillS 177°969 m23.7 mi
Three ButtesS 179°963 m20.8 mi
Black HillsS 177°944 m16.5 mi
Montgomery HillS 174°937 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:19
June solstice05:1220:1921:07
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5115:2816:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233435362706858443121
Precip in0.30.30.41.12.32.31.61.11.11.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cohagen, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786596

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