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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 768 m. Red Top Butte stands 933 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.9 miles away. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.04415, -104.53124
Around it

115 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 56
Parks: 29
  • Makoshika State Park: 6.9 mi
  • Windham SQ park: 9.1 mi
  • Whipkey Park: 9.3 mi
  • Babe Ruth Field: 9.4 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 9.5 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Blue Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 8.2 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 8.6 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 11.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 6.7 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 7.2 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 9.8 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 16.9 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
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
Red Top ButteSE 127°933 m21.9 mi
Blue MountainSSW 206°904 m6.6 mi
Baird ButteESE 122°899 m19.1 mi
Jackrabbit ButteSE 126°898 m21.8 mi
Blue MountainNE 49°878 m22.6 mi
Pine HillS 188°868 m18.7 mi
Four ButtesENE 75°864 m16.1 mi
Horse PointSE 133°862 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0420:1020:58
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4215:2016:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902383

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