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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 994 m. Black Butte stands 1,679 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates48.27510, -109.00349

84 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
Nature reserves: 35
Parks: 9
  • Bear Paw Battlefield - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 12.0 mi
  • Vision Quest Historical Marker: 18.3 mi
  • Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 18.3 mi
  • Harlem Elementary School Park: 20.2 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 20.3 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • The Battle of Bear Paws: 24.6 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteWSW 244°1,679 m9.6 mi
Murphy ButteWSW 256°1,661 m20.1 mi
Thunder ButteSW 236°1,643 m6.7 mi
Corrigan MountainWSW 244°1,630 m17.8 mi
Timber ButteW 263°1,629 m10.9 mi
Suction ButteSW 220°1,619 m7.4 mi
Johnson ButteSW 235°1,602 m9.9 mi
Myrtle ButteSW 225°1,588 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4819:29
June solstice05:1620:3221:21
September equinox07:0318:3519:16
December solstice08:0515:3116:25

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232432425059666555443325
Precip in0.30.40.61.12.13.01.71.11.01.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chinook 35se, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903501

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