Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 732 m. Buffalo Hill stands 894 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Rocks, a peak 5.4 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.53388, -106.40325

Around it

72 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

State Trust: 8.3 mi
BLM: 9.2 mi
BLM: 10.8 mi
State Trust: 11.4 mi
BLM: 11.8 mi

Peaks24

Indian Rocks: 5.4 mi
Lambs Butte: 6.8 mi
Standing Rock: 9.7 mi
Brownie Butte: 11.8 mi
Square Butte: 12.8 mi

Parks7

Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
Rock Creek State Park: 16.9 mi
Dinosaurs Historical Marker: 18.0 mi
Hell Creek Recreation Area: 23.3 mi

Springs1

Swallow Nest Spring: 15.5 mi

Rest areas1

Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 18.0 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
Buffalo Hill	WNW 282°	894 m	17.3 mi
Square Butte	NNW 339°	861 m	12.8 mi
Bonhoff Butte	ENE 61°	856 m	18.2 mi
McDonald Butte	E 98°	847 m	16.6 mi
Little Heaven	E 88°	846 m	22.9 mi
Cobb Hill	ESE 113°	838 m	14.0 mi
Devils Table Rock	E 88°	838 m	16.2 mi
Twin Buttes	SSE 152°	836 m	22.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:38	19:18
June solstice	05:09	20:19	21:07
September equinox	06:53	18:25	19:05
December solstice	07:52	15:25	16:17

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	17	21	32	43	53	63	71	69	58	44	31	20
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.2	2.7	1.7	1.3	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan, 28 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903487

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