Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,055 m. L Quarter Circle Butte stands 1,308 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 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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Coordinates45.08850, -105.86322

Around it

91 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves58

State Trust: 0.6 mi
BLM: 1.2 mi
BLM: 1.4 mi
BLM: 2.7 mi
State Trust: 3.7 mi

Peaks28

Kelsey Hill: 2.6 mi
Black Eagle Butte: 8.6 mi
Gobbler Knob: 8.7 mi
Wallop Butte: 11.3 mi
Diamond Butte: 11.6 mi

Springs3

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 11.6 mi

Historic sites1

Fort Howes: 19.3 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
L Quarter Circle Butte	SW 232°	1,308 m	22.4 mi
Gardner Butte	N 359°	1,306 m	16.2 mi
Diamond Butte	NNW 343°	1,301 m	11.6 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	E 80°	1,295 m	20.7 mi
Baldy Peak	ENE 63°	1,293 m	18.5 mi
Red Butte	WSW 257°	1,292 m	17.6 mi
Bailey Hill	N 359°	1,282 m	15.8 mi
Gobbler Knob	W 270°	1,278 m	8.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:37	19:16
June solstice	05:17	20:10	20:55
September equinox	06:51	18:24	19:03
December solstice	07:40	15:36	16:25

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	23	26	36	45	54	64	72	70	60	46	34	24
Precip in	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.6	2.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902376

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