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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 760 m. Old Scraggy Peak stands 1,731 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.11271, -108.05964
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 11
  • Button Butte: 8.0 mi
  • Travois Butte: 19.8 mi
  • Coburn Butte: 20.9 mi
  • Ricker Butte: 21.9 mi
  • Coming Day Butte: 22.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Early Day Outlaws Historical Marker: 18.2 mi
  • Riverview Park: 18.5 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 18.5 mi
  • Legg Addition Park: 19.0 mi
  • Trafton Park: 19.4 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Early Day Outlaws: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Phillips County Fair Grounds: 21.6 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old Scraggy PeakWSW 241°1,731 m24.8 mi
Beaver MountainWSW 245°1,689 m24.1 mi
Coming Day ButteWSW 245°1,521 m22.0 mi
Bear MountainWSW 237°1,456 m22.7 mi
Travois ButteWSW 242°1,425 m19.8 mi
Spring Park ButteWSW 237°1,346 m23.6 mi
Sharette ButteSW 228°1,235 m24.0 mi
Ricker ButteSW 224°1,211 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1320:2821:17
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice08:0115:2816:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465664727160463221
Precip in0.40.40.51.31.72.71.61.31.41.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783879

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