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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 775 m. Shell Butte stands 1,735 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. 15 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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Coordinates48.10376, -108.09636
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 15
  • Button Butte: 9.6 mi
  • Travois Butte: 18.0 mi
  • Coburn Butte: 19.3 mi
  • Coming Day Butte: 20.2 mi
  • Ricker Butte: 20.3 mi
Parks: 7
  • Early Day Outlaws Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
  • Riverview Park: 19.8 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 19.9 mi
  • Legg Addition Park: 20.4 mi
  • Trafton Park: 20.7 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Early Day Outlaws: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Phillips County Fair Grounds: 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shell ButteWSW 242°1,735 m23.9 mi
Old Scraggy PeakWSW 240°1,731 m23.0 mi
Beaver MountainWSW 244°1,689 m22.3 mi
Green MountainWSW 244°1,673 m23.4 mi
Coming Day ButteWSW 245°1,521 m20.2 mi
Bear MountainSW 236°1,456 m20.9 mi
Travois ButteWSW 241°1,425 m18.0 mi
Whitcomb ButteWSW 236°1,363 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1320:2821:17
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice08:0115:2816:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182132435363706958443121
Precip in0.30.20.51.12.42.71.91.21.11.00.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta 35 S, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783070

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