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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 690 m. Snake Butte stands 804 m to the east, 19 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

Coordinates48.24171, -104.57165

63 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 40
Peaks: 10
  • Sugar Top Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Clay Butte: 15.8 mi
  • Three Buttes: 16.0 mi
  • Snake Butte: 18.7 mi
  • Twomile Hill: 19.4 mi
Parks: 8
  • C C Recreation Complex: 6.8 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 6.9 mi
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 7.2 mi
  • Fjeseth Field: 7.3 mi
  • McInenly Park: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 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
Snake ButteE 85°804 m18.7 mi
Blue HillSSE 161°801 m21.2 mi
Flagstaff HillNNW 339°769 m21.4 mi
Three ButtesSSE 155°765 m16.0 mi
Clay ButteE 82°739 m15.8 mi
Haystack ButteSW 231°734 m22.3 mi
Antelope ButteSE 138°728 m23.2 mi
Sugar Top HillESE 119°695 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice04:5820:1421:03
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:4715:1316:07

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214571

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