To what point and purpose?
My primary reason to put in a land trust is to keep ownership private - less of a target for ambulance chasers, and makes
"will have to speak with the owner" conversations more plausible. Secondary reason is it makes title transfer easier - either for estate planning or for avoiding property recording fees and transfer tax.
Main reasons not to do it are banks will rarely ever loan to a trust (unless you put in your name first, and then transfer - though I would not want to do that in my case, since that reduces the effectiveness of the above reasons.)
The out-of-state common name is not necessary, though the appeal is it makes it even more difficult to track down the owner since they need to get to the trustee first - and since only first initial, last name and state are usually required on the recorded documents, finding J. Smith in California will be a bit of a daunting task.
It offers no liability protection (other than discouragement), so you'd need an entity be the owner of the trust if you are seeking that protection.