Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 706 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates47.99537, -104.61814

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves48

BLM: 3.6 mi
BLM: 4.0 mi
BLM: 4.0 mi
BLM: 4.9 mi
BLM: 5.5 mi

Peaks9

Three Buttes: 9.2 mi
Blue Hill: 9.6 mi
Lone Butte: 10.4 mi
Flag Butte: 14.6 mi
Haystack Butte: 15.6 mi

Parks7

Swimming Pool Park: 11.3 mi
Bruegger Centennial Park: 11.5 mi
C C Recreation Complex: 11.7 mi
Lambert Park: 21.6 mi
Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 21.8 mi

Cliffs4

Balls Bluff: 9.3 mi
The Point: 12.6 mi
Mortarstone Bluff: 15.8 mi
Rocky Point: 20.2 mi

Museums2

Culbertson Museum: 12.1 mi
Historical Society Museum: 21.6 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	SSW 208°	835 m	14.6 mi
Three Buttes	S 171°	830 m	18.4 mi
Blue Hill	ESE 108°	801 m	9.6 mi
Lone Butte	SE 138°	784 m	10.4 mi
Three Buttes	ENE 74°	765 m	9.2 mi
Haystack Butte	WNW 282°	734 m	15.6 mi
Antelope Butte	E 91°	728 m	17.7 mi
Sugar Top Hill	NNE 27°	695 m	16.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:30	19:11
June solstice	05:00	20:14	21:02
September equinox	06:46	18:17	18:58
December solstice	07:46	15:15	16:08

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	13	18	31	45	56	65	71	70	60	45	29	17
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.9	2.7	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785603

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