Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,076 m. Sahara Hill stands 1,622 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Naderman Buttes, a peak 1.1 miles away. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.40221, -108.78399

Around it

60 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves41

BLM: 1.3 mi
State Trust: 2.3 mi
BLM: 2.4 mi
BLM: 2.5 mi
BLM: 3.6 mi

Peaks11

Naderman Buttes: 1.1 mi
Timber Buttes: 7.3 mi
Steamboat Rock: 16.0 mi
Antelope Butte: 17.7 mi
Signal Mountain: 18.8 mi

Parks4

Lavina City Park: 10.5 mi
Cow Country Historical Marker: 10.5 mi
Roundup City Park: 12.2 mi
Ryegate City Park: 23.7 mi

Museums1

Musselshell Valley Historical Museum: 11.9 mi

Historic sites1

Chief Joseph: 23.3 mi

Springs1

Big Spring: 23.8 mi

Cliffs1

Red Bluff: 23.9 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
Sahara Hill	NW 323°	1,622 m	23.8 mi
Dunn Mountain	ESE 115°	1,440 m	24.0 mi
Johnston Mountain	ESE 117°	1,420 m	22.2 mi
Signal Mountain	ESE 121°	1,265 m	18.8 mi
Steamboat Rock	NNW 334°	1,250 m	16.0 mi
Elbow Hill	ESE 117°	1,236 m	19.9 mi
Antelope Butte	SW 222°	1,217 m	17.7 mi
Timber Buttes	NNW 331°	1,204 m	7.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:23	20:25	21:12
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:56	15:41	16:32

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	23	26	33	42	52	61	69	67	57	44	33	24
Precip in	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	2.4	3.0	1.4	1.1	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roundup 15 SW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784545

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