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State Trust

State Trust from directly overhead

State Trust is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 785 m. Coal Hill stands 1,056 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 4.3 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana State Trust Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.45049, -108.34457
Around it

67 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 47
Peaks: 8
  • Dovetail Butte: 4.8 mi
  • Button Butte: 8.4 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Smoky Johnson Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Dog Butte: 13.1 mi
Springs: 7
Parks: 4
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 18.6 mi
  • Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 20.2 mi
  • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
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
Coal HillWSW 256°1,056 m21.4 mi
Haystack ButteSW 231°1,027 m9.5 mi
Dovetail ButteSE 133°986 m4.8 mi
Indian ButteWNW 292°928 m20.7 mi
Tin Can HillSE 142°927 m22.3 mi
Button ButteWNW 296°903 m8.4 mi
Dog ButteS 177°890 m13.1 mi
Smoky Johnson HillNW 320°843 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:26
June solstice05:1720:2721:15
September equinox07:0118:3319:13
December solstice07:5915:3316:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783881

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