Nature reserve · Montana
State Trust
State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 690 m. Snake Butte stands 804 m to the east, 18 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana State Trust Lands
How to reach it
Coordinates48.24605, -104.56516
63 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 40
- State Trust: 0.4 mi
- State Trust: 7.8 mi
- BLM: 9.5 mi
- BLM: 10.5 mi
- BLM: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 10
- Sugar Top Hill: 5.8 mi
- Clay Butte: 15.5 mi
- Three Buttes: 16.2 mi
- Snake Butte: 18.3 mi
- Umbrights Hill: 19.1 mi
Parks: 8
- Fjeseth Field: 6.9 mi
- C C Recreation Complex: 7.0 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 7.1 mi
- Bruegger Centennial Park: 7.3 mi
- McInenly Park: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Rocky Point: 7.0 mi
- Balls Bluff: 13.5 mi
- The Point: 14.2 mi
- Mortarstone Bluff: 19.7 mi
Museums: 1
- Culbertson Museum: 7.5 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Butte | E 86° | 804 m | 18.3 mi |
| Blue Hill | SSE 162° | 801 m | 21.3 mi |
| Flagstaff Hill | NNW 338° | 769 m | 21.2 mi |
| Three Buttes | SSE 156° | 765 m | 16.2 mi |
| Clay Butte | E 83° | 739 m | 15.5 mi |
| Haystack Butte | SW 231° | 734 m | 22.7 mi |
| Antelope Butte | SE 139° | 728 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sugar Top Hill | ESE 123° | 695 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:14 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:13 | 16:07 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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