State Trust
State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 666 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 30 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana State Trust Lands
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway
89 named places within 25 miles
- BLM: 2.1 mi
- State Trust: 6.0 mi
- State Trust: 6.2 mi
- BLM: 6.3 mi
- BLM: 6.3 mi
- Caprock Butte: 4.0 mi
- Coal Hill: 5.2 mi
- Deadman Butte: 6.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 6.0 mi
- Maxwell Hill: 6.2 mi
- Bear Creek Recreation Area: 6.9 mi
- In Memoriam Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
- Flat Lake Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Downstream Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
- Warren Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
- Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park: 12.6 mi
- Old Fort Peck Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
- Powerhouse Museum: 10.9 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonhoff Butte | SSE 167° | 856 m | 24.5 mi |
| Coal Hill | SW 219° | 844 m | 5.2 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 257° | 831 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goat Mountain | S 184° | 810 m | 11.2 mi |
| Westland Hill | S 181° | 809 m | 10.2 mi |
| Lucky Hill | SSW 210° | 807 m | 8.7 mi |
| Deadman Butte | WNW 285° | 803 m | 6.0 mi |
| Caprock Butte | SSW 208° | 801 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:20 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:21 | 16:15 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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