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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 580 m. Three Buttes stands 830 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The Point, a cliff 0.9 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates48.07008, -104.37106

67 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 41
Peaks: 9
  • Three Buttes: 3.7 mi
  • Antelope Butte: 8.3 mi
  • Blue Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Lone Butte: 13.7 mi
Parks: 9
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 8.4 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 8.8 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 8.8 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
  • Snowden Bridge Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
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
Three ButtesSSW 201°830 m24.9 mi
Snake ButteNE 35°804 m16.3 mi
Blue HillSSW 196°801 m8.4 mi
Bull ButteNE 40°785 m24.2 mi
Lone ButteSSW 199°784 m13.7 mi
Three ButtesSW 223°765 m3.7 mi
Clay ButteNNE 25°739 m15.4 mi
Antelope ButteSE 131°728 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice04:5820:1321:02
September equinox06:4518:1618:57
December solstice07:4615:1316:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214402

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