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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 633 m. Snake Butte stands 804 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Umbrights Hill, a peak 6.2 miles away. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 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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Coordinates48.43189, -104.29937
Around it

41 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 19
Parks: 10
  • McInenly Park: 10.1 mi
  • Medicine Lake Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
  • Fjeseth Field: 11.3 mi
  • Brush Lake State Park: 14.6 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Umbrights Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Brush Mountain: 10.3 mi
  • Clay Butte: 11.4 mi
  • Snake Butte: 13.2 mi
  • Bull Butte: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 1
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
Snake ButteSSE 153°804 m13.2 mi
Bull ButteESE 118°785 m13.9 mi
Flagstaff HillWNW 289°769 m21.2 mi
Clay ButteSSE 164°739 m11.4 mi
Barr ButteENE 64°696 m20.5 mi
Sugar Top HillSSW 205°695 m17.6 mi
Brush MountainENE 74°672 m10.3 mi
Umbrights HillNW 316°607 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice04:5620:1421:03
September equinox06:4518:1618:57
December solstice07:4715:1116:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111528425463696857422716
Precip in0.30.20.40.92.42.92.61.51.20.90.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medicine Lake 3 SE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903469

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