Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 746 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.70981, -105.62589

6.2 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.9 mi
BLM: 5.0 mi
BLM: 5.1 mi
BLM: 5.2 mi
BLM: 5.7 mi

Peaks14

Little Heaven: 17.6 mi
Big Heaven: 19.3 mi
Bonhoff Butte: 20.5 mi
Vanderhoof Hill: 20.8 mi
Woodworth Hill: 21.4 mi

Parks3

Ben Larson Park: 20.7 mi
Circle Historical Marker: 20.7 mi
Circle Park: 20.8 mi

Museums1

McCone County Museum: 20.7 mi

Attractions1

McCone County Fairgrounds: 21.0 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
Bonhoff Butte	W 260°	856 m	20.5 mi
McDonald Butte	SW 234°	847 m	24.5 mi
Little Heaven	SW 230°	846 m	17.6 mi
Devils Table Rock	WSW 240°	838 m	23.1 mi
Woodworth Hill	SSE 148°	818 m	21.4 mi
Bald Butte	WNW 296°	800 m	24.5 mi
Willis Buttes	WNW 292°	789 m	23.1 mi
Big Heaven	SW 236°	787 m	19.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:06	18:35	19:15
June solstice	05:05	20:17	21:05
September equinox	06:50	18:21	19:02
December solstice	07:49	15:20	16:14

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	16	19	32	44	55	63	71	70	59	45	30	19
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5	2.9	2.1	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vida 6 NE, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783936

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