Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,928 m. Sunlight Peak stands 3,074 m to the east, 23 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates46.12441, -110.87129

Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Peaks54

Hatfield Mountain: 5.5 mi
Grouse Mountain: 5.8 mi
Red Rock Mountain: 6.8 mi
Horsethief Mountain: 8.9 mi
Kavanaugh Hills: 9.9 mi

Nature reserves13

BLM: 0.6 mi
BLM: 1.1 mi
BLM: 1.2 mi
BLM: 1.2 mi
BLM: 1.7 mi

Parks4

Veterans Park: 13.5 mi
Shields River Valley Historical Marker: 16.3 mi
Smith River Valley Historical Marker: 21.4 mi
Bishop Park: 22.7 mi

Ghost towns3

Sixteen: 8.7 mi
Maudlow: 14.5 mi
Calkins: 22.0 mi

Cliffs1

Wallrock: 3.3 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
Sunlight Peak	E 93°	3,074 m	22.8 mi
Sacagawea Peak	SSW 197°	2,925 m	16.5 mi
Pomp Peak	SSW 198°	2,911 m	16.0 mi
Hardscrabble Peak	SSW 200°	2,904 m	15.5 mi
Naya Nuki Peak	SSW 195°	2,880 m	16.7 mi
Black Mountain	E 97°	2,825 m	21.9 mi
Saddle Peak	S 188°	2,784 m	23.1 mi
Ross Peak	SSW 193°	2,747 m	18.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:57	19:36
June solstice	05:33	20:33	21:19
September equinox	07:11	18:43	19:23
December solstice	08:04	15:50	16:41

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	21	25	32	39	49	56	66	65	53	42	29	22
Precip in	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	2.3	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilsall 1S, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/160492180

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