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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 706 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.95740, -104.37237

84 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Parks: 20
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 14.5 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 14.8 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 14.9 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 15.7 mi
  • Sharbano Park: 16.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Blue Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Three Buttes: 5.7 mi
  • Antelope Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Lone Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2

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
Flag ButteWSW 241°835 m21.0 mi
Three ButtesSSW 209°830 m17.8 mi
Snake ButteNNE 24°804 m23.1 mi
Blue HillW 262°801 m2.2 mi
Lone ButteSW 221°784 m6.8 mi
Three ButtesNNW 334°765 m5.7 mi
Clay ButteNNE 17°739 m22.8 mi
Antelope ButteENE 69°728 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice04:5920:1221:01
September equinox06:4518:1618:57
December solstice07:4515:1416:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900060

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