Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 706 m. East Butte stands 1,007 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. 5 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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Coordinates48.44449, -108.54403

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 1.2 mi
BLM: 3.3 mi
BLM: 3.4 mi
BLM: 4.0 mi
BLM: 4.3 mi

Parks6

Vision Quest Historical Marker: 10.0 mi
Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 10.0 mi
Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
Lions Club Park: 12.6 mi
Harlem Elementary School Park: 12.7 mi

Peaks5

Snake Butte: 15.1 mi
Wild Horse Butte: 15.7 mi
Black Butte: 16.2 mi
Three Buttes: 20.8 mi
East Butte: 24.1 mi

Museums1

Pictorial Museum: 10.5 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 14.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 22.0 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
East Butte	NNW 329°	1,007 m	24.1 mi
Wild Horse Butte	SW 215°	986 m	15.7 mi
Snake Butte	WSW 251°	948 m	15.1 mi
Black Butte	S 185°	864 m	16.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:46	19:27
June solstice	05:13	20:31	21:20
September equinox	07:02	18:33	19:14
December solstice	08:04	15:28	16:22

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	17	20	30	42	53	62	69	68	57	43	31	20
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.5	1.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Belknap 2 SW, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903462

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