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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 787 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 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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Coordinates47.27041, -104.69737
Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 44
Parks: 24
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 9.7 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 10.0 mi
  • Penninger Park: 10.3 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 10.7 mi
  • Lloyd Square Park: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Glendive Butte: 5.5 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 7.1 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 9.5 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 12.1 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 9.4 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 15.0 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 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
Clay ButteNNW 331°947 m23.9 mi
Blue MountainSSE 167°904 m22.1 mi
Blue MountainE 92°878 m24.8 mi
Twin ButtesWNW 287°847 m12.6 mi
Glendive ButteSW 218°802 m5.5 mi
Cluster ButtesESE 115°779 m17.7 mi
BeehiveE 83°748 m22.5 mi
Bryants ButtesSSE 162°742 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3119:12
June solstice05:0320:1220:59
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4415:1916:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186899656

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