Nature reserve · Montana

State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,179 m. Stephens Hill stands 1,502 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Locomotive Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana State Trust Lands

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.13770, -109.29089

Around it

41 named places within 25 miles

Peaks18

Locomotive Butte: 1.7 mi
Mount Sinai: 3.5 mi
O'Brien Hill: 7.3 mi
Haystack Butte: 9.5 mi
Indian Butte: 11.8 mi

Nature reserves17

State Trust: 4.0 mi
State Trust: 8.6 mi
State Trust: 11.3 mi
State Trust: 12.3 mi
State Trust: 13.9 mi

Parks3

Ryegate City Park: 11.2 mi
Eastlake Pond/Big Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 19.4 mi
Lavina City Park: 20.1 mi

Historic sites1

Chief Joseph: 11.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Wheat Basin: 17.6 mi

Springs1

Mud Spring: 20.6 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
Stephens Hill	SW 214°	1,502 m	24.4 mi
Lindemulder Hill	S 177°	1,428 m	20.8 mi
O'Brien Hill	WNW 288°	1,415 m	7.3 mi
Antelope Point	SSW 201°	1,401 m	23.8 mi
Knob Hill	SW 222°	1,383 m	12.4 mi
Busteed Hill	S 182°	1,378 m	18.8 mi
Locomotive Butte	WSW 252°	1,368 m	1.7 mi
Haystack Butte	NNW 330°	1,349 m	24.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:50	19:30
June solstice	05:27	20:26	21:13
September equinox	07:05	18:37	19:17
December solstice	07:57	15:44	16:35

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	26	28	37	45	53	62	70	68	59	47	34	26

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ryegate, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214423

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