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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 816 m. Shell Butte stands 1,036 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates46.87739, -104.46811

115 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 43
Parks: 35
  • Carol Park: 14.8 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 14.9 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 15.3 mi
  • Makoshika State Park: 15.5 mi
Peaks: 19
  • Mount McKinley: 5.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 6.1 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 8.1 mi
  • Pine Hill: 9.0 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 14.9 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 15.8 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 17.9 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 20.6 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Pierre Wibaux: 14.9 mi
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 15.8 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 22.1 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of BLM. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shell ButteSSE 149°1,036 m20.9 mi
Cap RockSSE 158°974 m18.3 mi
Podolski ButteESE 114°935 m16.1 mi
Red Top ButteE 97°933 m14.6 mi
Blue MountainNW 314°904 m8.1 mi
Baird ButteE 84°899 m13.3 mi
Jackrabbit ButteE 95°898 m14.8 mi
Rocking Chair ButteS 174°875 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0420:0920:57
September equinox06:4518:1718:57
December solstice07:4115:2116:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182131425262696959443121
Precip in0.50.60.81.62.62.52.31.41.71.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlyle 13 NW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214789

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