Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,063 m. Gardner Butte stands 1,306 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. 36 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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Coordinates45.21555, -105.68475

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.4 mi
BLM: 3.4 mi
BLM: 4.2 mi
BLM: 4.4 mi
BLM: 4.6 mi

Peaks36

Terrett Butte: 3.8 mi
Yarger Butte: 4.8 mi
Baldy Peak: 7.7 mi
Lonesome Peak: 9.4 mi
Bailey Hill: 11.4 mi

Museums2

Wildlife Museum: 20.4 mi
Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum: 20.8 mi

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 12.3 mi

Parks1

Cottonwood Park: 20.5 mi

Historic sites1

Fort Howes: 23.0 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
Gardner Butte	NW 310°	1,306 m	11.7 mi
Diamond Butte	W 281°	1,301 m	12.3 mi
Threemile Buttes	NNW 328°	1,297 m	21.2 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	ESE 114°	1,295 m	12.9 mi
Baldy Peak	E 93°	1,293 m	7.7 mi
Bailey Hill	NW 308°	1,282 m	11.4 mi
Gobbler Knob	WSW 243°	1,278 m	19.5 mi
Long Butte	WSW 242°	1,271 m	23.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:36	19:15
June solstice	05:16	20:09	20:55
September equinox	06:50	18:23	19:02
December solstice	07:40	15:35	16:24

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902348

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