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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 788 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 4.3 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.70588, -105.23340
Around it

96 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 23
  • Flat Top Butte: 4.9 mi
  • Sheridan Butte: 11.1 mi
  • Denbys Peak: 14.4 mi
  • Corral Butte: 15.6 mi
  • Big Peak: 16.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Murn Park: 6.8 mi
  • Prairie County Veterans Park: 7.0 mi
  • Powder River Historical Marker: 9.4 mi
  • Walther Park: 10.5 mi
  • Yellowstone River Historical Marker: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Prairie County Fairgrounds: 7.7 mi
  • T: 8.2 mi
Museums: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainSSW 210°1,014 m19.5 mi
Green MountainSSW 210°1,013 m17.1 mi
Blue MountainSSW 208°1,005 m18.2 mi
Henry Woods MountainSSE 158°989 m23.4 mi
The KnobSW 224°988 m22.4 mi
Baldy PeakSSW 207°982 m20.9 mi
Diamond G ButteN 349°982 m21.7 mi
Bracket ButteSE 144°978 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3419:14
June solstice05:0820:1220:59
September equinox06:4918:2119:00
December solstice07:4315:2516:16

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172234455565737261463221
Precip in0.30.30.41.42.52.41.91.31.20.90.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terry, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214598

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