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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 736 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Buttes, a peak 4.4 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.70859, -104.47309

65 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 37
Parks: 14
  • Lambert Park: 7.1 mi
  • Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
  • Meadow Park: 13.5 mi
  • Lyndale Acres Park: 14.0 mi
  • Moose Park: 14.3 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Three Buttes: 4.4 mi
  • Lone Butte: 12.1 mi
  • Bell Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Flag Butte: 15.4 mi
  • Blue Hill: 17.1 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clay ButteWSW 247°947 m23.9 mi
Flag ButteWNW 297°835 m15.4 mi
Three ButtesWNW 292°830 m4.4 mi
Blue HillN 8°801 m17.1 mi
Lone ButteN 1°784 m12.1 mi
Lindberg HillSE 141°770 m23.6 mi
Three ButtesN 6°765 m22.4 mi
Bull ButteSE 133°756 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0020:1221:00
September equinox06:4518:1718:58
December solstice07:4515:1616:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902082

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