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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 717 m. Blue Mountain stands 878 m to the east-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.29844, -104.30709

95 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 42
Parks: 28
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 21.3 mi
  • Carol Park: 22.0 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 22.0 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 22.2 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 22.2 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Beehive: 4.1 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 9.8 mi
  • Lindberg Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Four Buttes: 14.5 mi
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 20.2 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 21.3 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 23.1 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 23.6 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
Blue MountainESE 112°878 m7.0 mi
Four ButtesSSE 160°864 m14.5 mi
Flat Rock ButteENE 66°830 m22.8 mi
Glendive ButteWSW 254°802 m22.6 mi
Cluster ButtesSSW 193°779 m9.8 mi
Lindberg HillNE 35°770 m12.2 mi
Bull ButteNE 38°756 m15.7 mi
BeehiveE 79°748 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:10
June solstice05:0220:1020:58
September equinox06:4518:1618:57
December solstice07:4215:1816:10

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465766737161473221
Precip in0.40.30.51.32.62.82.31.51.51.20.60.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185215028

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