Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 848 m. Little Sheep Mountain stands 1,079 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Springs, a spring 2.3 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

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Coordinates46.87952, -106.15788

26.6 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

67 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves51

BLM: 5.2 mi
State Trust: 6.0 mi
BLM: 10.5 mi
BLM: 10.7 mi
BLM: 11.0 mi

Peaks15

Little Chalk Butte: 3.4 mi
Chalk Butte: 4.5 mi
Red Buttes: 8.0 mi
Horse Creek Hill: 15.5 mi
Little Sheep Mountain: 17.1 mi

Springs1

Mud Springs: 2.3 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
Little Sheep Mountain	E 90°	1,079 m	17.1 mi
Big Sheep Mountain	ENE 61°	1,074 m	23.4 mi
The Big Hill	W 260°	969 m	24.1 mi
Three Buttes	W 267°	963 m	24.4 mi
Sunday Butte	WSW 247°	962 m	22.5 mi
Horse Creek Hill	SE 146°	955 m	15.5 mi
Black Hills	W 277°	944 m	24.1 mi
Montgomery Hill	W 267°	937 m	22.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:37	19:17
June solstice	05:11	20:16	21:04
September equinox	06:52	18:24	19:04
December solstice	07:48	15:27	16:19

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	18	22	33	44	53	63	71	70	59	45	31	22
Precip in	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903489

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