Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,132 m. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Nipple Butte, a peak 4.8 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 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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Coordinates45.03081, -105.28631

Around it

79 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves50

BLM: 5.3 mi
BLM: 6.9 mi
BLM: 7.0 mi
BLM: 7.6 mi
BLM: 9.0 mi

Peaks26

Nipple Butte: 4.8 mi
Mitten Butte: 7.0 mi
Bell Tower: 8.4 mi
Rocky Butte: 10.4 mi
Rocky Butte: 10.7 mi

Springs2

Church Spring: 22.8 mi
Selway Spring: 23.5 mi

Cliffs1

Rock Wall: 16.9 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
West Butte	ENE 72°	1,345 m	13.6 mi
Signal Hill	E 100°	1,319 m	11.9 mi
White Tail Butte	SW 219°	1,319 m	21.0 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	NW 314°	1,295 m	10.7 mi
Baldy Peak	NW 317°	1,293 m	17.0 mi
Monument Hill	SE 144°	1,288 m	19.9 mi
Rocky Point	SE 136°	1,233 m	12.9 mi
Mitten Butte	SE 135°	1,227 m	7.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:35	19:14
June solstice	05:15	20:07	20:52
September equinox	06:49	18:22	19:00
December solstice	07:37	15:34	16:23

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	25	27	37	45	55	65	73	72	62	48	35	26
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.0	2.3	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biddle 8 SW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214792

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