Nature reserve · Montana
State Trust
State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 583 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana State Trust Lands
How to reach it
Coordinates48.05778, -104.38158
73 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 45
- State Trust: 1.0 mi
- BLM: 1.7 mi
- BLM: 4.2 mi
- BLM: 4.8 mi
- BLM: 5.1 mi
Parks: 11
- Bruegger Centennial Park: 8.6 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 9.0 mi
- C C Recreation Complex: 9.0 mi
- Fort Union Historical Marker: 11.1 mi
- Snowden Bridge Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 9
- Three Buttes: 2.7 mi
- Blue Hill: 7.5 mi
- Antelope Butte: 8.2 mi
- Sugar Top Hill: 10.5 mi
- Lone Butte: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
- The Point: 1.7 mi
- Balls Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Rocky Point: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Fort Union Trading Post: 16.3 mi
- Fort Buford State Historic Site: 18.2 mi
Museums: 1
- Culbertson Museum: 8.1 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Butte | SW 226° | 835 m | 24.8 mi |
| Three Buttes | SSW 200° | 830 m | 23.9 mi |
| Snake Butte | NE 35° | 804 m | 17.2 mi |
| Blue Hill | SSW 194° | 801 m | 7.5 mi |
| Lone Butte | SSW 198° | 784 m | 12.7 mi |
| Three Buttes | SW 228° | 765 m | 2.7 mi |
| Clay Butte | NNE 25° | 739 m | 16.4 mi |
| Antelope Butte | SE 124° | 728 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:13 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:13 | 16:07 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/185783216
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- Cartwright · 25 mi
- Sidney · 26 mi
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