Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 741 m. High Point stands 1,015 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates47.63576, -105.39293

4.6 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves48

BLM: 7.1 mi
State Trust: 8.9 mi
State Trust: 10.8 mi
State Trust: 12.0 mi
State Trust: 12.9 mi

Peaks4

Woodworth Hill: 13.0 mi
Crazy Butte: 19.0 mi
Clay Butte: 21.3 mi
High Point: 23.7 mi

Parks3

Circle Park: 18.1 mi
Ben Larson Park: 18.1 mi
Circle Historical Marker: 18.1 mi

Attractions2

Richey Rodeo Grounds: 14.4 mi
McCone County Fairgrounds: 18.3 mi

Museums2

Richey Historical Museum: 15.1 mi
McCone County Museum: 18.1 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
High Point	SSE 169°	1,015 m	23.7 mi
Clay Butte	ESE 102°	947 m	21.3 mi
Crazy Butte	S 174°	876 m	19.0 mi
Woodworth Hill	S 177°	818 m	13.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:34	19:14
June solstice	05:04	20:15	21:04
September equinox	06:49	18:21	19:01
December solstice	07:48	15:20	16:13

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	16	19	32	44	55	63	71	70	59	45	30	19
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5	2.9	2.1	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vida 6 NE, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785587

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