Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 613 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.05477, -104.99079

24.2 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

57 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves42

BLM: 2.5 mi
BLM: 3.3 mi
State Trust: 3.9 mi
BLM: 4.7 mi
BLM: 6.0 mi

Parks5

Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 10.4 mi
American Legion Park: 10.6 mi
Swimming Pool Park: 22.5 mi
C C Recreation Complex: 22.8 mi
Bruegger Centennial Park: 22.9 mi

Museums4

Poplar Museum: 9.3 mi
Poplar Museum: 10.1 mi
Fort Peck Tribal Museum: 10.1 mi
Culbertson Museum: 23.9 mi

Peaks3

Haystack Butte: 2.2 mi
Twomile Hill: 5.8 mi
Flag Butte: 19.8 mi

Cliffs3

Mortarstone Bluff: 4.0 mi
Balls Bluff: 11.3 mi
Rocky Point: 20.4 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
Flag Butte	SSE 149°	835 m	19.8 mi
Haystack Butte	ESE 117°	734 m	2.2 mi
Twomile Hill	NNE 13°	616 m	5.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:04	18:32	19:13
June solstice	05:01	20:15	21:04
September equinox	06:47	18:19	19:00
December solstice	07:48	15:16	16:10

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	12	16	28	42	52	62	68	67	56	42	27	15
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.2	2.9	2.6	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf Point 29 ENE, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786009

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