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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 799 m. Rattlesnake Butte stands 981 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 4.6 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates46.40227, -106.91102

61 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 47
Peaks: 6
  • Castle Butte: 5.5 mi
  • Schoolmarm Buttes: 13.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 14.5 mi
  • Ice Cream Butte: 18.2 mi
  • Gold Butte: 19.2 mi
Parks: 5
  • VFW Park: 14.2 mi
  • Riverside Park: 14.3 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 14.6 mi
  • Marcyes Park: 14.6 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

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
Rattlesnake ButteSW 214°981 m14.5 mi
Castle ButteESE 110°938 m5.5 mi
Black ButtesE 86°916 m21.8 mi
Gold ButteN 359°906 m19.2 mi
Ice Cream ButteE 88°862 m18.2 mi
Schoolmarm ButtesE 93°848 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:20
June solstice05:1620:1821:04
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:4915:3316:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636465665737161473424
Precip in0.60.60.91.82.92.51.41.21.41.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forsyth, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214407

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