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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 763 m. Diamond G Butte stands 982 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates46.94379, -104.96812

108 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 55
Parks: 28
  • Yellowstone River Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
  • Walther Park: 10.3 mi
  • West Glendive Park: 15.1 mi
  • History Park: 15.4 mi
  • Historical Landmark Park: 15.4 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Denbys Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Simons Butte: 13.3 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 16.5 mi
  • Diamond G Butte: 17.3 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Rock Bridge: 15.5 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 18.5 mi
  • T: 18.8 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 19.4 mi
  • Prairie County Fairgrounds: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 16.4 mi

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
Diamond G ButteWNW 286°982 m17.3 mi
Blue MountainE 87°904 m17.7 mi
Pine HillESE 123°868 m21.3 mi
Flat Top ButteSSW 206°862 m23.0 mi
Graveyard HillESE 119°822 m24.1 mi
Rattlesnake ButteESE 105°817 m18.2 mi
Mount McKinleyESE 112°817 m22.3 mi
Glendive ButteNNE 27°802 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3219:13
June solstice05:0620:1220:59
September equinox06:4718:1918:59
December solstice07:4315:2216:14

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172132435364717059453221
Precip in0.30.30.61.52.82.32.01.31.41.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mildred 7 NNW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783882

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