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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 952 m. Red Mountain stands 1,867 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.23275, -108.66229

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 19
  • Three Buttes: 7.6 mi
  • Coal Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 11.8 mi
  • Black Butte: 14.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 14.7 mi
Springs: 6
Parks: 5
  • Roy City Park: 15.7 mi
  • Grass Range City Park: 15.7 mi
  • George Ore Memorial Park: 21.4 mi
  • Jim Bartlett Field: 21.7 mi
  • Fort Maginnis Historical Marker: 24.3 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
Red MountainW 269°1,867 m24.8 mi
Elk PeakW 269°1,803 m22.6 mi
Maginnis MountainW 267°1,770 m23.9 mi
Cone ButteW 275°1,769 m19.3 mi
Lewis PeakW 270°1,708 m21.4 mi
Black ButteW 271°1,687 m14.4 mi
Lookout PeakW 273°1,614 m17.5 mi
Button ButteS 187°1,372 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4719:27
June solstice05:1920:2721:15
September equinox07:0218:3419:14
December solstice07:5915:3516:28

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903006

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