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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 654 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 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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Coordinates48.07133, -104.41198
Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 44
Peaks: 10
  • Three Buttes: 2.8 mi
  • Blue Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Antelope Butte: 9.8 mi
  • Lone Butte: 13.2 mi
Parks: 8
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 7.3 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 7.3 mi
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 11.8 mi
  • Snowden Bridge Historical Marker: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
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 ButteSW 222°835 m24.5 mi
Three ButtesSSW 196°830 m24.4 mi
Snake ButteNE 40°804 m17.4 mi
Blue HillS 183°801 m8.2 mi
Lone ButteSSW 191°784 m13.2 mi
Three ButtesSSW 193°765 m2.8 mi
Clay ButteNNE 31°739 m16.2 mi
Haystack ButteW 265°734 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice04:5820:1321:02
September equinox06:4518:1618:57
December solstice07:4615:1316:07

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214347

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