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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 942 m. Crown Butte stands 1,086 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.87905, -106.66476
Around it

78 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 50
Peaks: 18
  • Three Buttes: 1.5 mi
  • Montgomery Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Black Hills: 3.0 mi
  • The Big Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Round Butte: 5.6 mi
Springs: 10
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
Crown ButteW 280°1,086 m22.8 mi
Mother ButteWNW 291°1,047 m13.4 mi
Fig MountainNW 305°1,045 m20.4 mi
Blacktail ButteWSW 248°1,040 m15.6 mi
Joe Ott ButteWNW 298°1,011 m23.1 mi
Blazier ButteWNW 287°1,003 m18.1 mi
The Big HillS 177°969 m4.2 mi
Three ButtesSSW 197°963 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1320:1821:06
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5015:2916:21

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233435362706858443121
Precip in0.30.30.41.12.32.31.61.11.11.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cohagen, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786303

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