Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 888 m. Rosebud Buttes stands 1,006 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Buttes, a peak 1.8 miles away. 9 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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Coordinates46.44505, -106.47560

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.3 mi
BLM: 4.5 mi
BLM: 4.7 mi
BLM: 4.8 mi
BLM: 5.6 mi

Peaks9

Black Buttes: 1.8 mi
Ice Cream Butte: 3.5 mi
Sand Buttes: 8.0 mi
Schoolmarm Buttes: 8.3 mi
Jack Creek Hill: 10.2 mi

Parks6

Cattle Brands Historical Marker: 14.7 mi
Rosebud Historical Marker: 14.8 mi
Pioneer Park: 15.5 mi
Riverside Park: 15.5 mi
Marcyes Park: 16.1 mi

Museums1

Rosebud County Pioneer Museum: 15.4 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
Rosebud Buttes	SSE 169°	1,006 m	19.1 mi
Sunday Butte	NNW 345°	962 m	21.9 mi
Castle Butte	WSW 253°	938 m	16.3 mi
Black Buttes	SE 146°	916 m	1.8 mi
Sand Buttes	E 92°	880 m	8.0 mi
Ice Cream Butte	SW 225°	862 m	3.5 mi
Lookout Butte	E 95°	856 m	20.1 mi
Schoolmarm Buttes	WSW 243°	848 m	8.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:10	18:39	19:19
June solstice	05:14	20:16	21:03
September equinox	06:54	18:26	19:05
December solstice	07:47	15:31	16:22

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	22	26	36	46	56	65	73	71	61	47	34	24
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.9	2.5	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forsyth, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214576

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