Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 778 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonhoff Butte, a peak 1.5 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.64004, -106.04764

24.3 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

State Trust: 4.5 mi
BLM: 6.0 mi
BLM: 6.3 mi
BLM: 7.0 mi
BLM: 7.3 mi

Peaks28

Bonhoff Butte: 1.5 mi
Devils Table Rock: 6.7 mi
Big Heaven: 7.0 mi
Little Heaven: 9.1 mi
McDonald Butte: 9.7 mi

Parks5

McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
Rock Creek State Park: 14.2 mi
Dinosaurs Historical Marker: 22.5 mi
Bear Creek Recreation Area: 24.4 mi

Rest areas1

Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 22.5 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
Square Butte	WNW 282°	861 m	21.7 mi
Bonhoff Butte	NNW 337°	856 m	1.5 mi
McDonald Butte	S 181°	847 m	9.7 mi
Little Heaven	SE 137°	846 m	9.1 mi
Coal Hill	NNW 337°	844 m	23.2 mi
Devils Table Rock	S 184°	838 m	6.7 mi
Cobb Hill	SSW 196°	838 m	13.4 mi
Brownie Butte	W 274°	831 m	24.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:36	19:17
June solstice	05:07	20:18	21:06
September equinox	06:52	18:23	19:04
December solstice	07:51	15:23	16:16

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	18	22	34	45	55	64	72	71	60	46	32	21
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	2.6	2.6	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Circle, 26 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903443

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