Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 703 m. Wild Horse Butte stands 986 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. 4 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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Coordinates48.42228, -108.45631

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.6 mi
BLM: 3.0 mi
BLM: 3.1 mi
BLM: 3.2 mi
BLM: 4.3 mi

Parks6

Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
Vision Quest Historical Marker: 14.3 mi
Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 14.3 mi
Lions Club Park: 16.9 mi
Harlem Elementary School Park: 17.0 mi

Peaks4

Black Butte: 15.5 mi
Wild Horse Butte: 17.3 mi
Snake Butte: 18.7 mi
Three Buttes: 21.7 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 9.8 mi

Museums1

Pictorial Museum: 14.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 17.8 mi

Historic sites1

Early Day Outlaws: 22.8 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
Wild Horse Butte	SW 229°	986 m	17.3 mi
Snake Butte	W 260°	948 m	18.7 mi
Black Butte	SSW 200°	864 m	15.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:45	19:27
June solstice	05:13	20:30	21:20
September equinox	07:01	18:32	19:14
December solstice	08:04	15:27	16:22

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	17	20	30	42	53	62	69	68	57	43	31	20
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.5	1.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Belknap 2 SW, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783111

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