Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 810 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the west-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 17 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.59700, -105.90530

17.3 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

State Trust: 1.1 mi
BLM: 3.6 mi
State Trust: 4.2 mi
State Trust: 4.5 mi
BLM: 5.9 mi

Peaks21

Little Heaven: 3.7 mi
Big Heaven: 4.2 mi
Devils Table Rock: 8.0 mi
Bonhoff Butte: 8.4 mi
McDonald Butte: 9.5 mi

Parks7

McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
Ben Larson Park: 19.4 mi
Circle Historical Marker: 19.5 mi
Circle Park: 19.6 mi

Museums1

McCone County Museum: 19.5 mi

Attractions1

McCone County Fairgrounds: 19.7 mi

Rest areas1

Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 22.5 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
Bonhoff Butte	WNW 301°	856 m	8.4 mi
McDonald Butte	SW 225°	847 m	9.5 mi
Little Heaven	S 186°	846 m	3.7 mi
Stony Butte Hill	SSE 160°	846 m	19.7 mi
Devils Table Rock	WSW 242°	838 m	8.0 mi
Cobb Hill	SW 226°	838 m	14.3 mi
Goat Mountain	NW 322°	810 m	21.7 mi
Westland Hill	NW 325°	809 m	22.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:36	19:16
June solstice	05:07	20:17	21:06
September equinox	06:51	18:23	19:03
December solstice	07:50	15:22	16:15

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	18	22	34	45	55	64	72	71	60	46	32	21
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	2.6	2.6	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Circle, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786266

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