Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,214 m. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. 32 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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Coordinates45.16867, -105.50438

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.0 mi
BLM: 3.0 mi
BLM: 3.9 mi
BLM: 4.0 mi
BLM: 5.0 mi

Peaks32

Baldy Peak: 3.0 mi
Bear Skull Mountain: 3.6 mi
Lonesome Peak: 7.5 mi
Eldon Mountain: 7.7 mi
Terrett Butte: 7.9 mi

Museums2

Wildlife Museum: 19.1 mi
Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum: 19.6 mi

Parks1

Cottonwood Park: 19.3 mi

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
West Butte	ESE 103°	1,345 m	24.2 mi
Gardner Butte	WNW 301°	1,306 m	20.7 mi
Diamond Butte	WNW 285°	1,301 m	21.6 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	SE 126°	1,295 m	3.6 mi
Baldy Peak	NNW 340°	1,293 m	3.0 mi
Bailey Hill	WNW 300°	1,282 m	20.5 mi
Phillips Butte	WNW 287°	1,265 m	24.0 mi
Mitten Butte	SE 133°	1,227 m	21.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:06	18:36	19:15
June solstice	05:15	20:08	20:54
September equinox	06:50	18:23	19:01
December solstice	07:39	15:34	16:23

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	25	27	37	45	55	65	73	72	62	48	35	26
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.0	2.3	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biddle 8 SW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784463

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