Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 700 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 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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Coordinates47.86755, -105.18822

14.1 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

58 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves44

State Trust: 3.2 mi
State Trust: 5.0 mi
State Trust: 6.4 mi
State Trust: 6.7 mi
BLM: 9.2 mi

Peaks4

Haystack Butte: 16.3 mi
Flag Butte: 19.9 mi
Twomile Hill: 21.3 mi
Clay Butte: 23.3 mi

Museums4

Richey Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
Poplar Museum: 16.9 mi
Poplar Museum: 17.0 mi
Fort Peck Tribal Museum: 17.7 mi

Parks4

Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 17.0 mi
American Legion Park: 17.3 mi
Lewis and Clark Park: 21.3 mi
Bridge Park: 21.4 mi

Attractions1

Richey Rodeo Grounds: 16.2 mi

Cliffs1

Mortarstone Bluff: 19.8 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
Clay Butte	SSE 151°	947 m	23.3 mi
Flag Butte	ESE 102°	835 m	19.9 mi
Haystack Butte	NE 43°	734 m	16.3 mi
Twomile Hill	NNE 29°	616 m	21.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:33	19:14
June solstice	05:03	20:15	21:04
September equinox	06:48	18:20	19:00
December solstice	07:48	15:18	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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214370

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