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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 840 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 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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Coordinates46.54718, -105.05973
Around it

96 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 59
Peaks: 23
  • Twin Buttes: 4.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 6.5 mi
  • Bracket Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Flat Top Butte: 8.9 mi
  • Montague Butte: 9.8 mi
Parks: 8
  • After the Roundup Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
  • Powder River Historical Marker: 13.1 mi
  • George Park: 15.2 mi
  • Walther Park: 20.3 mi
  • Murn Park: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Prairie County Fairgrounds: 21.4 mi
  • T: 21.9 mi
Museums: 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
Buck MountainWSW 252°1,014 m18.9 mi
Green MountainWSW 257°1,013 m17.2 mi
Blue MountainWSW 253°1,005 m17.6 mi
Henry Woods MountainS 178°989 m10.7 mi
The KnobWSW 258°988 m24.4 mi
Baldy PeakWSW 246°982 m19.3 mi
Bracket ButteSE 146°978 m8.2 mi
Baldy ButteSSW 193°977 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:13
June solstice05:0820:1120:58
September equinox06:4818:2019:00
December solstice07:4215:2516:16

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172132435364717059453221
Precip in0.30.30.61.52.82.32.01.31.41.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mildred 7 NNW, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900001

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