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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 924 m. Cone Butte stands 1,769 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulphur Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.60335, -108.99448
Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 59
Peaks: 19
  • Peck Hills: 5.5 mi
  • Bald Butte: 8.4 mi
  • Reppe Butte: 8.7 mi
  • White Horse Butte: 10.0 mi
  • Fortress Butte: 11.3 mi
Springs: 10
Parks: 3
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 14.5 mi
  • Roy City Park: 18.5 mi
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 13.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Winifred Museum: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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
Cone ButteS 189°1,769 m24.1 mi
Lookout PeakS 184°1,614 m24.8 mi
Thornhill ButteNE 40°1,405 m22.8 mi
Rattlesnake ButteS 177°1,205 m22.9 mi
Sheepherder PeakSW 222°1,203 m20.7 mi
Woodhawk HillNW 308°1,074 m12.6 mi
Bald ButteW 276°1,060 m8.4 mi
Coal HillSSE 149°1,056 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4819:29
June solstice05:1920:3021:18
September equinox07:0318:3519:16
December solstice08:0215:3516:28

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535445462706959463324
Precip in0.50.40.51.32.52.61.71.30.90.70.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ROY 8 NE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214971

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