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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 612 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maxwell Hill, a peak 3.9 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates48.00424, -106.03917

102 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 53
Parks: 22
  • In Memoriam Historical Marker: 3.9 mi
  • Bear Creek Recreation Area: 12.7 mi
  • Flat Lake Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
  • Warren Memorial Park: 17.3 mi
  • Downstream Recreation Area: 17.9 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Maxwell Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Caprock Butte: 8.9 mi
  • Lytle Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Bald Butte: 10.2 mi
  • Coal Hill: 10.4 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 1
  • Wolf Point Stampede Grounds: 20.1 mi

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
Bonhoff ButteS 182°856 m23.8 mi
Coal HillWSW 248°844 m10.4 mi
Indian HillW 264°831 m12.3 mi
Goat MountainSSW 213°810 m13.2 mi
Westland HillSSW 213°809 m12.0 mi
Lucky HillSW 235°807 m13.1 mi
Deadman ButteW 278°803 m12.3 mi
Caprock ButteWSW 248°801 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3619:17
June solstice05:0520:1921:08
September equinox06:5218:2319:04
December solstice07:5215:2016:14

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141932465666727260453018

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua #2, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783235

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