Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 874 m. Maxwell Butte stands 1,134 m to the south-southeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

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Coordinates45.97030, -105.32316

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.7 mi
BLM: 5.5 mi
State Trust: 6.0 mi
BLM: 7.9 mi
BLM: 8.0 mi

Peaks21

Maxwell Butte: 4.4 mi
Saddle Horse Butte: 6.1 mi
Snake Butte: 9.8 mi
Twin Buttes: 9.9 mi
Harris Buttes: 12.5 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
Maxwell Butte	SSE 154°	1,134 m	4.4 mi
Twin Buttes	SW 215°	1,111 m	21.9 mi
Twin Buttes	SE 133°	1,062 m	9.9 mi
Wild Horse Mountain	WSW 253°	1,041 m	13.9 mi
Rattlesnake Hill	S 176°	1,038 m	13.1 mi
Snake Butte	SE 146°	1,036 m	9.8 mi
Chimney Butte	SE 132°	1,005 m	12.7 mi
Harris Buttes	W 263°	997 m	12.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:35	19:14
June solstice	05:11	20:10	20:56
September equinox	06:49	18:21	19:01
December solstice	07:41	15:29	16:19

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	21	25	36	46	56	66	74	73	62	47	34	24
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.7	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Powderville 8 NNE, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186899739

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