Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 724 m. East Butte stands 1,007 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. 7 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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Coordinates48.46417, -108.47697

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 0.8 mi
BLM: 2.1 mi
BLM: 2.6 mi
BLM: 3.0 mi
BLM: 3.4 mi

Peaks7

Black Butte: 18.0 mi
Snake Butte: 18.5 mi
Wild Horse Butte: 18.7 mi
Three Buttes: 23.5 mi
Hubert Hill: 23.9 mi

Parks6

Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
Vision Quest Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
Lions Club Park: 14.9 mi
Harlem Elementary School Park: 15.0 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 11.6 mi

Museums1

Pictorial Museum: 13.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 19.4 mi

Historic sites1

Early Day Outlaws: 24.4 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
East Butte	NW 322°	1,007 m	24.7 mi
Wild Horse Butte	SW 221°	986 m	18.7 mi
Snake Butte	WSW 250°	948 m	18.5 mi
Haystack Butte	NE 38°	880 m	24.4 mi
Black Butte	SSW 194°	864 m	18.0 mi
Hubert Hill	NE 47°	834 m	23.9 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	20:31	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, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903432

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