Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 800 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the west, 23 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 25 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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Coordinates47.71980, -105.99882

23.5 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.5 mi
BLM: 3.6 mi
BLM: 3.7 mi
BLM: 4.3 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi

Peaks25

Bonhoff Butte: 5.0 mi
Vanderhoof Hill: 6.6 mi
Corner Butte: 7.5 mi
Rocky Butte: 7.6 mi
Willis Buttes: 9.0 mi

Parks5

McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 12.4 mi
Rock Creek State Park: 13.8 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 15.4 mi
Bear Creek Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
In Memoriam Historical Marker: 23.6 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Square Butte	W 268°	861 m	23.5 mi
Bonhoff Butte	SW 215°	856 m	5.0 mi
McDonald Butte	S 189°	847 m	15.4 mi
Little Heaven	SSE 162°	846 m	12.8 mi
Coal Hill	NW 324°	844 m	19.5 mi
Devils Table Rock	SSW 192°	838 m	12.5 mi
Cobb Hill	SSW 198°	838 m	19.3 mi
Indian Hill	NW 323°	831 m	23.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:36	19:17
June solstice	05:06	20:18	21:07
September equinox	06:51	18:23	19:04
December solstice	07:51	15:22	16:15

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	18	22	34	47	57	66	74	73	62	49	34	22
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	2.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 28 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900025

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