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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 838 m. West Butte stands 1,059 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.83643, -109.18329
Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 47
Parks: 5
Peaks: 4
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Battle of Bear Paws: 16.9 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West ButteE 85°1,059 m11.4 mi
Middle ButteESE 102°1,050 m14.3 mi
East ButteESE 111°1,007 m18.0 mi
Rabbit HillsS 187°803 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4819:30
June solstice05:1420:3521:25
September equinox07:0418:3519:17
December solstice09:0816:2817:23

Local time (America/Swift_Current).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161930435462696857432919
Precip in0.40.40.61.02.42.91.61.11.00.90.70.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chinook, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898331

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