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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 849 m. Black Hills stands 944 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 6.0 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.23085, -106.49547

61 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 36
Peaks: 12
  • White Buttes: 11.4 mi
  • Hook Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Lambs Butte: 14.6 mi
  • Standing Rock: 14.6 mi
  • Phillips Buttes: 14.7 mi
Parks: 6
  • Dinosaurs Historical Marker: 16.6 mi
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 19.8 mi
  • Panwitz Park: 20.2 mi
  • Willems Park: 20.3 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 20.4 mi
Springs: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 20.3 mi
Museums: 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
Black HillsSSW 200°944 m22.7 mi
Darby ButtesWSW 256°926 m19.6 mi
McGraw ButteSW 224°907 m23.1 mi
Phillips ButtesSSW 197°881 m14.7 mi
Cobb HillNE 48°838 m23.1 mi
Twin ButtesE 87°836 m14.8 mi
White ButtesENE 65°817 m11.4 mi
Pikes PeakWNW 287°815 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3819:19
June solstice05:1120:1921:06
September equinox06:5318:2519:06
December solstice07:5115:2716:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233435362706858443121
Precip in0.30.30.41.12.32.31.61.11.11.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cohagen, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185215036

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