Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 918 m. Coal Hill stands 1,056 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Butte, a peak 3.7 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 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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Coordinates47.29998, -108.27853

29.4 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway

Around it

85 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves60

BLM: 3.8 mi
BLM: 4.6 mi
BLM: 5.6 mi
State Trust: 6.4 mi
State Trust: 6.4 mi

Peaks11

Dog Butte: 3.7 mi
Dovetail Butte: 7.1 mi
Haystack Butte: 11.4 mi
Tin Can Hill: 12.9 mi
Duff Hill: 17.4 mi

Springs10

Parks3

Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
George Ore Memorial Park: 20.7 mi
Jim Bartlett Field: 21.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Rocky Point: 22.6 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
Coal Hill	WNW 282°	1,056 m	24.4 mi
Haystack Butte	WNW 293°	1,027 m	11.4 mi
Three Buttes	WSW 241°	1,023 m	23.9 mi
Dovetail Butte	N 4°	986 m	7.1 mi
Tin Can Hill	ESE 123°	927 m	12.9 mi
Sandage Buttes	ESE 107°	921 m	20.2 mi
Button Butte	NW 323°	903 m	17.6 mi
Finley Butte	E 89°	892 m	23.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:45	19:26
June solstice	05:17	20:26	21:14
September equinox	07:01	18:32	19:13
December solstice	07:58	15:33	16:26

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	20	23	33	43	53	62	70	69	58	44	32	22
Precip in	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.9	2.6	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786219

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