Skip to content

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 734 m. West Twin Butte stands 900 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.22842, -104.20148

85 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 43
Peaks: 13
  • Blue Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Beehive: 5.7 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 8.6 mi
  • Four Buttes: 8.7 mi
  • Lindberg Hill: 14.9 mi
Parks: 13
  • Carol Park: 16.6 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 16.6 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 16.6 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 16.6 mi
  • Grace Church Park: 22.7 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 4
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 16.4 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux: 16.6 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 17.6 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 22.0 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 23.0 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 24.7 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
West Twin ButteSE 125°900 m24.6 mi
Baird ButteS 178°899 m22.8 mi
Blue MountainNE 36°878 m2.7 mi
Four ButtesS 180°864 m8.7 mi
Flat Rock ButteNE 48°830 m21.3 mi
Cooks PeakESE 103°816 m22.5 mi
Cluster ButtesWSW 237°779 m8.6 mi
Lindberg HillN 8°770 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice05:0120:0920:57
September equinox06:4418:1618:56
December solstice07:4115:1816:10

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172032435463717059443020
Precip in0.40.40.61.42.52.82.31.41.61.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trotters 3 SSE, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785676

More nature reserves in Montana

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to State Trust.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens