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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 876 m. Rattlesnake Butte stands 981 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.43163, -106.82361
Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 59
Peaks: 9
  • Castle Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Schoolmarm Buttes: 9.6 mi
  • Ice Cream Butte: 14.1 mi
  • Black Buttes: 17.6 mi
  • Gold Butte: 17.7 mi
Parks: 5
  • Riverside Park: 13.0 mi
  • VFW Park: 13.2 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 13.4 mi
  • Marcyes Park: 13.6 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 21.7 mi
Museums: 2
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake ButteSW 222°981 m18.7 mi
Sunday ButteNNE 26°962 m24.6 mi
Castle ButteSSE 166°938 m4.0 mi
Black ButtesE 92°916 m17.6 mi
Gold ButteNNW 345°906 m17.7 mi
Sand ButtesE 88°880 m24.6 mi
Ice Cream ButteE 96°862 m14.1 mi
Schoolmarm ButtesESE 107°848 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1520:1721:04
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:4915:3316:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636465665737161473424
Precip in0.60.60.91.82.92.51.41.21.41.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forsyth, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214339

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