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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 862 m. Maxwell Butte stands 1,134 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. 18 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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Coordinates46.05649, -105.32070
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 18
  • Saddle Horse Butte: 7.5 mi
  • Maxwell Butte: 10.1 mi
  • Loaf of Bread Butte: 11.1 mi
  • Harris Buttes: 14.6 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 14.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • George Park: 22.2 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maxwell ButteS 170°1,134 m10.1 mi
Twin ButtesSSE 151°1,062 m14.6 mi
Wild Horse MountainSW 233°1,041 m16.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillS 178°1,038 m19.0 mi
Snake ButteSSE 159°1,036 m15.1 mi
Chimney ButteSSE 147°1,005 m17.2 mi
Harris ButtesWSW 239°997 m14.6 mi
Kirkpatrick HillWSW 250°993 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3419:14
June solstice05:1120:1020:57
September equinox06:4918:2119:01
December solstice07:4115:2916:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192435465666747261463222
Precip in0.40.50.71.62.92.31.81.01.31.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mizpah 4 NNW, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903038

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