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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 709 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.9 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates47.98512, -104.82954

77 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 53
Peaks: 8
  • Haystack Butte: 6.7 mi
  • Twomile Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Flag Butte: 12.5 mi
  • Lone Butte: 18.2 mi
  • Three Buttes: 18.9 mi
Parks: 7
  • Swimming Pool Park: 18.0 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 18.4 mi
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 18.4 mi
  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 19.2 mi
  • American Legion Park: 19.5 mi
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 4

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
Flag ButteSSE 167°835 m12.5 mi
Three ButtesSE 144°830 m21.5 mi
Blue HillE 97°801 m19.1 mi
Lone ButteESE 113°784 m18.2 mi
Three ButtesE 80°765 m18.9 mi
Haystack ButteNW 305°734 m6.7 mi
Sugar Top HillNE 49°695 m22.7 mi
Twomile HillNNW 330°616 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3119:12
June solstice05:0120:1421:03
September equinox06:4718:1818:59
December solstice07:4715:1616:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785977

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