Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,191 m. Buffalo Jump stands 1,376 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

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Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

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Coordinates45.02998, -106.54892

Around it

100 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves50

BLM: 3.7 mi
BLM: 4.2 mi
BLM: 4.7 mi
BLM: 5.3 mi
BLM: 6.0 mi

Springs23

Dutchman Spring: 12.3 mi
Loggins Spring: 17.9 mi
Penn Spring: 18.0 mi
Fossil Spring: 18.1 mi
Tooley Spring: 18.2 mi

Peaks22

Hellers Peak: 4.7 mi
Old Flat Top: 5.2 mi
Hampton Butte: 7.1 mi
The Pyramid: 11.6 mi
Stroud: 12.9 mi

Parks3

Tongue River Reservoir State Park: 13.4 mi
Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 23.9 mi
Otts Memorial Park: 24.8 mi

Rest areas1

Wyoming information Rest Area: 24.4 mi

Museums1

Sheridan County Museum: 24.6 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
Buffalo Jump	WNW 304°	1,376 m	24.9 mi
Half Moon Hill	NW 305°	1,374 m	22.8 mi
Foster Buttes	SSE 152°	1,355 m	21.3 mi
Poker Jim Butte	NNE 24°	1,326 m	22.2 mi
L Quarter Circle Butte	ESE 121°	1,308 m	18.5 mi
Red Butte	E 90°	1,292 m	16.3 mi
Hazel Peak	SW 220°	1,274 m	19.8 mi
Long Butte	E 86°	1,271 m	21.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:10	18:40	19:19
June solstice	05:20	20:12	20:57
September equinox	06:54	18:27	19:06
December solstice	07:42	15:39	16:28

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	24	27	37	45	54	64	73	72	62	47	34	25
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	2.7	2.3	1.7	0.8	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leiter 9N, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900036

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