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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 997 m. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates45.26778, -104.07134

60 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 31
Peaks: 27
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

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
Finger ButtesWNW 285°1,273 m16.1 mi
Harding PeakNE 52°1,223 m11.4 mi
Sheep MountainNNW 338°1,199 m16.0 mi
Moreau PeakENE 73°1,187 m18.1 mi
Capitol RockN 358°1,170 m21.0 mi
Lone MountainENE 72°1,167 m20.9 mi
Potato ButtesW 279°1,149 m21.6 mi
White CapNE 37°1,140 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:09
June solstice05:0920:0320:48
September equinox06:4418:1718:56
December solstice07:3315:2816:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161929395060676555402817
Precip in0.30.51.01.63.13.01.92.01.11.30.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214430

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