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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,226 m. Red Hill stands 1,878 m to the west, 22 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 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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Coordinates46.70125, -108.72362
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 48
Peaks: 12
  • Steamboat Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Bald Butte: 13.7 mi
  • Three Buttes: 14.1 mi
  • Bald Butte: 15.2 mi
  • Timber Buttes: 15.7 mi
Springs: 5
Parks: 3
  • Roundup City Park: 19.5 mi
  • Cow Country Historical Marker: 19.8 mi
  • Grass Range City Park: 22.8 mi
Museums: 1
  • Musselshell Valley Historical Museum: 19.6 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
Red HillW 275°1,878 m22.0 mi
Bald ButteWNW 297°1,710 m13.7 mi
Lyons ButteNW 305°1,661 m23.5 mi
Sahara HillW 265°1,622 m17.2 mi
Button ButteN 1°1,372 m17.7 mi
McDonald ButteNW 325°1,308 m24.1 mi
Three ButtesNNE 12°1,254 m14.1 mi
Steamboat RockWSW 237°1,250 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4819:28
June solstice05:2220:2621:13
September equinox07:0218:3519:14
December solstice07:5715:3916:30

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736455463707060473526
Precip in0.50.40.61.42.82.71.31.11.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatwillow 4 ENE, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214803

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