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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 828 m. Fig Mountain stands 1,045 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Smoky Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. 88 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

Coordinates47.36210, -107.07627

88 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 46
Peaks: 20
  • Smoky Butte: 2.1 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 3.5 mi
  • Castle Butte: 3.8 mi
  • Sage Hen Buttes: 6.9 mi
  • Biscuit Butte: 8.6 mi
Parks: 9
  • Woodland Park: 7.9 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 8.3 mi
  • Willems Park: 8.4 mi
  • Panwitz Park: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 8.9 mi
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 8.4 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
Fig MountainS 173°1,045 m22.0 mi
Joe Ott ButteS 183°1,011 m22.7 mi
Twin ButtesSW 229°1,000 m19.9 mi
Chalk ButteNW 315°979 m14.9 mi
Adams Rocky ButteSW 232°967 m16.0 mi
Boslough ButteSW 226°966 m16.9 mi
Elephant ButteSW 230°950 m14.2 mi
Square ButteW 271°931 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1220:2121:09
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5415:2816:21

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234445463717058453121
Precip in0.40.40.41.32.02.51.61.11.21.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186899740

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