Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 794 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 17 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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Coordinates47.74133, -105.73990

11.5 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.3 mi
BLM: 3.1 mi
BLM: 3.2 mi
BLM: 3.5 mi
BLM: 3.7 mi

Peaks17

Vanderhoof Hill: 15.1 mi
Little Heaven: 15.8 mi
Bonhoff Butte: 15.9 mi
Corner Butte: 16.2 mi
Rocky Butte: 16.3 mi

Parks11

McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
Ben Larson Park: 23.8 mi
Circle Historical Marker: 23.8 mi
Circle Park: 24.0 mi
Wolf Point Historical Marker: 24.2 mi

Museums4

McCone County Museum: 23.9 mi
Wolf Point Area Historical Society Museum: 24.5 mi
Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame: 24.5 mi
Wolf Point Area Museum: 24.9 mi

Attractions2

McCone County Fairgrounds: 24.1 mi
Wolf Point Stampede Grounds: 24.7 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
Bonhoff Butte	WSW 249°	856 m	15.9 mi
McDonald Butte	SW 221°	847 m	22.1 mi
Little Heaven	SSW 211°	846 m	15.8 mi
Devils Table Rock	SW 227°	838 m	20.1 mi
Goat Mountain	WNW 289°	810 m	22.3 mi
Westland Hill	WNW 292°	809 m	22.1 mi
Bald Butte	WNW 297°	800 m	18.8 mi
Andrews Hill	WNW 282°	790 m	21.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:35	19:16
June solstice	05:05	20:17	21:06
September equinox	06:50	18:22	19:03
December solstice	07:50	15:21	16:14

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, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214973

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