Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 659 m. Haystack Butte stands 734 m to the east, 15 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 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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Coordinates48.01226, -105.26463

11.7 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

62 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves41

BLM: 2.9 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi
State Trust: 5.9 mi
State Trust: 6.5 mi
State Trust: 7.7 mi

Parks10

Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 7.6 mi
American Legion Park: 7.9 mi
Lewis and Clark Park: 13.2 mi
Bridge Park: 13.3 mi
Nellies Park: 18.0 mi

Museums6

Poplar Museum: 7.7 mi
Poplar Museum: 8.2 mi
Fort Peck Tribal Museum: 8.6 mi
Wolf Point Area Historical Society Museum: 18.1 mi
Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame: 18.2 mi

Peaks2

Haystack Butte: 14.7 mi
Twomile Hill: 16.4 mi

Cliffs2

Mortarstone Bluff: 16.6 mi
Balls Bluff: 24.3 mi

Attractions1

Wolf Point Stampede Grounds: 17.4 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
Haystack Butte	E 82°	734 m	14.7 mi
Twomile Hill	ENE 58°	616 m	16.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:33	19:14
June solstice	05:02	20:16	21:05
September equinox	06:48	18:20	19:01
December solstice	07:49	15:17	16:11

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	16	19	32	44	55	63	71	70	59	45	30	19
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5	2.9	2.1	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vida 6 NE, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786220

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