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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,024 m. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates45.21187, -104.15359

64 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 39
Peaks: 24
  • Indian Butte: 10.4 mi
  • Butcher Hills: 10.7 mi
  • Gustave Butte: 12.4 mi
  • Finger Buttes: 14.1 mi
  • Flat Top: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Finger ButtesNW 304°1,273 m14.1 mi
Harding PeakNE 50°1,223 m17.0 mi
Sheep MountainN 354°1,199 m18.8 mi
Moreau PeakENE 67°1,187 m23.2 mi
Dead Horse PointW 280°1,183 m23.5 mi
Green MountainSSW 204°1,160 m23.6 mi
Potato ButtesWNW 293°1,149 m18.8 mi
Black PointW 263°1,144 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:09
June solstice05:1020:0320:49
September equinox06:4418:1718:56
December solstice07:3315:2816:18

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161929395060676555402817
Precip in0.30.51.01.63.13.01.92.01.11.30.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214532

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