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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 773 m. Rattlesnake Butte stands 1,060 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is MT 200 Rest Area, a rest area 1.8 miles away. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 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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Coordinates47.00954, -107.88452
Around it

107 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 30
  • Barney Pinnacle: 4.6 mi
  • Twin Butte: 5.3 mi
  • Froehlich Butte: 6.9 mi
  • McTwigan Butte: 7.5 mi
  • Timber Butte: 8.5 mi
Springs: 14
Parks: 2
  • Jim Bartlett Field: 22.0 mi
  • George Ore Memorial Park: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
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
Rattlesnake ButteSW 236°1,060 m16.7 mi
McGinnis ButteE 100°1,059 m24.1 mi
Manlove ButteE 87°1,058 m21.4 mi
Kirts ButteE 85°1,022 m20.2 mi
Mows ButteE 86°1,018 m19.9 mi
O'Day ButteENE 69°1,013 m17.0 mi
Rattlesnake ButteENE 61°1,010 m19.8 mi
Waddington DomeENE 66°1,009 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2321:11
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5515:3416:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475665747262493627
Precip in0.40.40.61.32.62.81.91.21.21.20.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mosby 4 ENE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902912

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