Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,092 m. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Point, a peak 1.1 miles away. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 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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Coordinates45.18130, -104.63991

Around it

66 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves45

BLM: 1.8 mi
BLM: 4.4 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi

Peaks18

Black Point: 1.1 mi
Dead Horse Point: 6.1 mi
Wolf Point: 6.5 mi
Tip Top Butte: 8.6 mi
Greasy Hill: 8.6 mi

Springs2

Church Spring: 16.8 mi
Selway Spring: 17.0 mi

Cliffs1

Rock Wall: 16.3 mi

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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
West Butte	WSW 252°	1,345 m	19.6 mi
Signal Hill	WSW 238°	1,319 m	23.5 mi
Finger Buttes	NE 50°	1,273 m	15.7 mi
Greasy Hill	WNW 293°	1,238 m	8.6 mi
Belcher Mountain	WSW 257°	1,222 m	15.9 mi
Signal Hill	SW 215°	1,219 m	20.6 mi
Wolf Point	NW 326°	1,198 m	6.5 mi
Dead Horse Point	N 5°	1,183 m	6.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:03	18:32	19:11
June solstice	05:12	20:05	20:50
September equinox	06:46	18:19	18:58
December solstice	07:35	15:31	16:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	16	19	29	39	50	60	67	65	55	40	28	17
Precip in	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.6	3.1	3.0	1.9	2.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783814

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