Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 941 m. Three Buttes stands 1,254 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 5.2 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 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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Coordinates46.76755, -108.20524

Around it

65 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves53

BLM: 6.3 mi
BLM: 6.5 mi
State Trust: 8.0 mi
State Trust: 8.7 mi
State Trust: 9.5 mi

Peaks6

Rattlesnake Butte: 7.4 mi
Kilby Butte: 18.3 mi
Rattlesnake Buttes: 21.9 mi
Bald Butte: 22.9 mi
Three Buttes: 23.4 mi

Springs3

Mud Spring: 5.2 mi
Circle Bar Spring: 11.0 mi
Breed Spring: 18.3 mi

Parks2

Jim Bartlett Field: 17.5 mi
George Ore Memorial Park: 17.8 mi

Rest areas1

MT 200 Rest Area: 22.4 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
Three Buttes	WNW 293°	1,254 m	23.4 mi
Bald Butte	WNW 296°	1,236 m	22.9 mi
Chimney Butte	S 183°	1,115 m	24.1 mi
Kilby Butte	SSW 205°	1,075 m	18.3 mi
Rattlesnake Butte	N 10°	1,060 m	7.4 mi
Rattlesnake Buttes	E 93°	962 m	21.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:46	19:26
June solstice	05:20	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:00	18:32	19:12
December solstice	07:56	15:36	16:28

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	25	27	36	45	54	63	70	70	60	47	35	26
Precip in	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.8	2.7	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatwillow 4 ENE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786566

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