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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 897 m. Steamboat Butte stands 1,177 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is MT FWP, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates46.06363, -107.76750

47 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 12
  • Castle Butte: 10.2 mi
  • Mud Butte: 10.7 mi
  • Fivemile Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Bender Hill: 15.4 mi
Parks: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Christiansen-Graham-Rest-Area: 22.5 mi

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
Steamboat ButteNW 309°1,177 m20.6 mi
Lookout PointNW 306°1,105 m15.8 mi
Castle ButteWNW 301°1,080 m10.2 mi
Twin ButtesN 9°1,078 m17.0 mi
Mail Box HillN 1°1,076 m19.1 mi
Ninemile HillNNE 25°1,057 m14.6 mi
Mexican ButtesNNE 15°1,052 m15.8 mi
Bender HillNNE 22°1,044 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:2120:2021:06
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5115:3816:29

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222433425261706958443224
Precip in0.50.60.71.62.62.61.30.91.21.40.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompeys Pillar 15N, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784502

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