Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 979 m. Maxwell Butte stands 1,134 m to the east-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 4.4 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

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What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

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Coordinates45.86576, -105.47093

Around it

81 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves60

State Trust: 4.4 mi
State Trust: 4.9 mi
State Trust: 5.1 mi
BLM: 6.7 mi
BLM: 7.0 mi

Peaks21

Wild Horse Mountain: 6.9 mi
Harris Buttes: 7.9 mi
Saddle Horse Butte: 8.9 mi
Maxwell Butte: 9.6 mi
Rattlesnake Hill: 9.9 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
Maxwell Butte	ENE 70°	1,134 m	9.6 mi
Twin Buttes	SSW 208°	1,111 m	12.0 mi
Twin Buttes	E 88°	1,062 m	14.4 mi
Sandefer Butte	SW 229°	1,059 m	18.5 mi
Castle Rock	WSW 251°	1,054 m	21.6 mi
Wild Horse Mountain	WNW 296°	1,041 m	6.9 mi
Rattlesnake Hill	SE 126°	1,038 m	9.9 mi
Snake Butte	E 94°	1,036 m	12.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:06	18:35	19:14
June solstice	05:12	20:10	20:56
September equinox	06:50	18:22	19:01
December solstice	07:41	15:30	16:20

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	21	25	36	46	56	66	74	73	62	47	34	24
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.7	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Powderville 8 NNE, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786564

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