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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 731 m. Chalk Butte stands 979 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Buffalo Hill, a peak 5.1 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates47.71029, -106.91934

54 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 21
Peaks: 20
  • Little Buffalo Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Murray Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Round Butte: 10.5 mi
  • Maloney Hill: 11.0 mi
Springs: 8
Parks: 5
  • Hell Creek State Park: 6.6 mi
  • Hell Creek Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge: 11.6 mi
  • Bone Trail Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
  • The Pines Recreation Area: 15.9 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
Chalk ButteSW 233°979 m22.5 mi
Biscuit ButteSSW 205°922 m17.0 mi
Sage Hen ButtesSSW 196°913 m18.3 mi
Haystack ButteSSW 203°907 m22.6 mi
Buffalo HillSE 141°894 m11.2 mi
Baldy ButteSW 224°887 m14.2 mi
Murray HillNW 320°885 m9.0 mi
Castle ButteWNW 290°882 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1020:2221:10
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5415:2616:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234445463717058453121
Precip in0.40.40.41.32.02.51.61.11.21.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan AP, 27 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786024

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