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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 802 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 16 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 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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Coordinates47.63818, -105.85801
Around it

87 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 19
  • Little Heaven: 7.0 mi
  • Big Heaven: 7.8 mi
  • Bonhoff Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Devils Table Rock: 11.3 mi
  • McDonald Butte: 13.1 mi
Parks: 6
  • McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 16.5 mi
  • Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 18.0 mi
  • Ben Larson Park: 20.0 mi
  • Circle Historical Marker: 20.0 mi
  • Circle Park: 20.2 mi
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • McCone County Fairgrounds: 20.3 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bonhoff ButteW 279°856 m9.5 mi
McDonald ButteSW 223°847 m13.1 mi
Little HeavenSSW 202°846 m7.0 mi
Stony Butte HillSSE 168°846 m21.8 mi
Devils Table RockSW 235°838 m11.3 mi
Cobb HillSW 225°838 m17.9 mi
Goat MountainNW 312°810 m21.2 mi
Westland HillNW 315°809 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3619:16
June solstice05:0620:1721:06
September equinox06:5118:2219:03
December solstice07:5015:2216:15

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234455564727160463221
Precip in0.40.40.51.42.62.62.11.41.30.90.40.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Circle, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784482

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