Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 812 m. Rosebud Buttes stands 1,006 m to the south, 11 miles off. 9 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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Coordinates46.33446, -106.43338

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 1.7 mi
BLM: 3.2 mi
BLM: 4.0 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi
BLM: 5.7 mi

Peaks9

Jack Creek Hill: 3.4 mi
Black Buttes: 6.2 mi
Ice Cream Butte: 6.9 mi
Sand Buttes: 9.5 mi
Schoolmarm Buttes: 10.2 mi

Parks6

Cattle Brands Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
Rosebud Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
Pioneer Park: 12.4 mi
Riverside Park: 12.6 mi
Marcyes Park: 12.9 mi

Museums1

Rosebud County Pioneer Museum: 12.4 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
Rosebud Buttes	S 171°	1,006 m	11.2 mi
Baldy Butte	SE 144°	985 m	21.6 mi
Castle Butte	W 279°	938 m	17.9 mi
Black Buttes	N 351°	916 m	6.2 mi
Sand Buttes	NE 39°	880 m	9.5 mi
Ice Cream Butte	NW 319°	862 m	6.9 mi
Lookout Butte	ENE 72°	856 m	18.9 mi
Schoolmarm Buttes	WNW 293°	848 m	10.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:10	18:39	19:18
June solstice	05:14	20:16	21:02
September equinox	06:53	18:26	19:05
December solstice	07:47	15:32	16:22

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	22	26	36	46	56	65	73	71	61	47	34	24
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.8	2.9	2.5	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forsyth, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214544

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