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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 899 m. Coal Hill stands 1,056 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.32556, -108.41053
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 10
  • Haystack Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Dog Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Dovetail Butte: 8.5 mi
  • Button Butte: 13.1 mi
  • Coal Hill: 18.0 mi
Springs: 7
Parks: 4
  • George Ore Memorial Park: 22.3 mi
  • Jim Bartlett Field: 22.7 mi
  • Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 23.1 mi
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
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
Coal HillW 281°1,056 m18.0 mi
Haystack ButteWNW 302°1,027 m5.1 mi
Three ButtesSW 228°1,023 m19.9 mi
Dovetail ButteNE 51°986 m8.5 mi
Indian ButteNW 315°928 m23.0 mi
Tin Can HillESE 117°927 m19.1 mi
Button ButteNNW 340°903 m13.1 mi
Dog ButteSE 140°890 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:26
June solstice05:1820:2721:15
September equinox07:0118:3319:13
December solstice07:5915:3416:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786060

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