Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,024 m. Crown Butte stands 1,086 m to the south-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Dusen Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away. 33 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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Coordinates46.99073, -107.17210

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

State Trust: 3.2 mi
State Trust: 4.3 mi
BLM: 7.8 mi
BLM: 8.8 mi
State Trust: 10.3 mi

Peaks33

Crown Butte: 4.1 mi
Joe Ott Butte: 4.5 mi
Emma Butte: 5.5 mi
School Butte: 5.5 mi
Hawks Nest: 6.9 mi

Springs18

Van Dusen Spring: 2.3 mi
Lemon Spring: 5.0 mi
Scott Springs: 6.1 mi
Acorn Spring: 6.2 mi
Yoakum Spring: 8.2 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
Crown Butte	SSE 160°	1,086 m	4.1 mi
Robbers Roost	W 278°	1,081 m	7.4 mi
Hawks Nest	WNW 287°	1,070 m	6.9 mi
McGinnis Butte	WSW 253°	1,059 m	10.4 mi
Manlove Butte	WNW 281°	1,058 m	12.4 mi
School Butte	SW 214°	1,053 m	5.5 mi
Mother Butte	ESE 105°	1,047 m	11.7 mi
Fig Mountain	ENE 62°	1,045 m	8.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:12	18:41	19:21
June solstice	05:14	20:21	21:08
September equinox	06:56	18:28	19:08
December solstice	07:52	15:31	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	18	22	34	44	54	63	71	70	58	45	31	21
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.3	2.0	2.5	1.6	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan AP, 25 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214987

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