Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,195 m. Big Hill stands 1,206 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Opechee Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.88489, -104.45826

Around it

79 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves46

BLM: 5.2 mi
State Trust: 6.1 mi
BLM: 6.2 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi
BLM: 7.4 mi

Peaks25

Red Hill: 1.7 mi
Chimney Rock: 6.4 mi
Dutchmans Hill: 7.0 mi
Wilder Butte: 8.0 mi
Stone Lady Rock: 9.3 mi

Parks5

Museums1

Carter County Museum: 4.3 mi

Attractions1

Carter County Fairgrounds: 4.8 mi

Historic sites1

Terminal Monument, North Dakota South Dakota boundary: 20.3 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Big Hill	WSW 253°	1,206 m	13.3 mi
Belltower Butte	SSE 158°	1,198 m	21.3 mi
Stormy Butte	SE 139°	1,192 m	23.3 mi
Saddle Butte	SW 224°	1,134 m	24.2 mi
Newberry Knob	WSW 238°	1,122 m	12.3 mi
Wilder Butte	NW 314°	1,087 m	8.0 mi
Red Hill	N 9°	1,085 m	1.7 mi
Bearhorn Butte	N 7°	1,083 m	22.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:31	19:10
June solstice	05:08	20:06	20:53
September equinox	06:46	18:18	18:57
December solstice	07:37	15:26	16:16

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	22	24	34	44	54	63	71	70	60	46	33	24
Precip in	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.0	2.1	1.4	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ekalaka, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783219

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