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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 692 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

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Coordinates48.04700, -104.63177
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 49
Peaks: 10
  • Three Buttes: 9.6 mi
  • Blue Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Lone Butte: 13.6 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 14.7 mi
Parks: 5
  • Swimming Pool Park: 8.5 mi
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 8.8 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 8.9 mi
  • Fjeseth Field: 20.9 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 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
Flag ButteSSW 201°835 m17.6 mi
Three ButtesS 171°830 m22.0 mi
Blue HillESE 124°801 m11.8 mi
Lone ButteSE 146°784 m13.6 mi
Three ButtesE 96°765 m9.6 mi
Clay ButteNE 50°739 m24.2 mi
Haystack ButteW 268°734 m14.7 mi
Antelope ButteESE 102°728 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice04:5920:1421:03
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:4715:1416:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785970

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