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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 886 m. Sunday Butte stands 962 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.53186, -106.31721
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 13
  • Sand Buttes: 6.3 mi
  • Black Buttes: 9.9 mi
  • Ice Cream Butte: 13.1 mi
  • Lookout Butte: 14.7 mi
  • Jack Creek Hill: 14.9 mi
Parks: 12
  • Cattle Brands Historical Marker: 18.3 mi
  • Rosebud Historical Marker: 18.3 mi
  • Pumping Plant Park: 23.0 mi
  • Tongue River Historical Marker: 23.6 mi
  • Riverside Park: 23.8 mi
Museums: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Eastern Montana Fairgrounds: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Springs: 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
Sunday ButteNW 319°962 m20.1 mi
Horse Creek HillNE 55°955 m19.8 mi
Red ButtesN 359°924 m23.0 mi
Chalk ButteNNE 28°922 m24.3 mi
Black ButtesSW 221°916 m9.9 mi
Round ButteNW 319°916 m24.4 mi
Sand ButtesS 176°880 m6.3 mi
Ice Cream ButteSW 230°862 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:18
June solstice05:1320:1621:03
September equinox06:5318:2519:05
December solstice07:4715:3016:21

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233445363717059453122
Precip in0.20.20.41.22.72.51.51.01.21.00.20.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900074

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