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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 581 m. Blue Mountain stands 878 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates47.58826, -104.22108

64 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 32
Parks: 16
  • Lyndale Acres Park: 8.2 mi
  • Hansen Park: 8.5 mi
  • Swanson Field: 8.7 mi
  • Moose Park: 8.8 mi
  • Central Park: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Bell Hill: 3.6 mi
  • The Pyramid: 4.6 mi
  • Bull Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Lindberg Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Three Buttes: 18.6 mi

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
Blue MountainS 174°878 m22.9 mi
Three ButtesWNW 302°830 m18.6 mi
Flat Rock ButteESE 122°830 m19.8 mi
Sheep ButteE 82°814 m20.1 mi
Eagle ButteENE 79°797 m21.2 mi
Lone ButteNNW 331°784 m23.4 mi
Sheep ButteENE 79°782 m21.2 mi
Lindberg HillSSE 163°770 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice05:0020:1120:59
September equinox06:4418:1618:57
December solstice07:4315:1616:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214556

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