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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 780 m. Red Top Butte stands 933 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands

How to reach it

Coordinates46.96708, -104.63286

113 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 52
Parks: 30
  • Makoshika State Park: 6.1 mi
  • Whipkey Park: 9.7 mi
  • Babe Ruth Field: 9.7 mi
  • Windham SQ park: 10.1 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial Park: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Blue Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 6.7 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 9.4 mi
  • Mount McKinley: 11.2 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Rock Bridge: 6.4 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 9.9 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 11.9 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 21.0 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 6.5 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
Red Top ButteESE 109°933 m23.6 mi
Blue MountainESE 108°904 m2.0 mi
Baird ButteESE 103°899 m21.5 mi
Jackrabbit ButteESE 108°898 m23.7 mi
Rocking Chair ButteSSE 155°875 m21.9 mi
Pine HillS 171°868 m13.3 mi
Four ButtesENE 65°864 m22.4 mi
Horse PointESE 114°862 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0420:1020:58
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4215:2116:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902415

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