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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 788 m. Coming Day Butte stands 1,521 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates48.22612, -108.15731

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 7
  • Early Day Outlaws Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
  • Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
  • Riverview Park: 15.4 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 15.7 mi
  • Trafton Park: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Button Butte: 15.6 mi
  • Black Butte: 19.2 mi
  • Travois Butte: 21.6 mi
  • Coming Day Butte: 23.0 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Phillips County Fair Grounds: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Early Day Outlaws: 13.2 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
Coming Day ButteSW 222°1,521 m23.0 mi
Bear MountainSW 216°1,456 m24.8 mi
Travois ButteSW 217°1,425 m21.6 mi
Black ButteW 267°864 m19.2 mi
Button ButteSE 128°755 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1320:2821:18
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice08:0115:2716:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465664727160463221
Precip in0.40.40.51.31.72.71.61.31.41.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783256

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