Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 771 m. Buffalo Hill stands 894 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Standing Rock, a peak 1.1 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 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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Coordinates47.41818, -106.30523

25.9 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves33

BLM: 4.1 mi
State Trust: 6.2 mi
BLM: 7.3 mi
BLM: 7.6 mi
State Trust: 9.2 mi

Peaks17

Standing Rock: 1.1 mi
Indian Rocks: 4.0 mi
Hook Rock: 5.6 mi
Lambs Butte: 5.7 mi
White Buttes: 8.2 mi

Parks4

Dinosaurs Historical Marker: 9.0 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
Rock Creek State Park: 24.0 mi

Rest areas1

Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 9.0 mi

Springs1

Swallow Nest Spring: 24.5 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
Buffalo Hill	WNW 298°	894 m	24.4 mi
Square Butte	NNW 335°	861 m	22.0 mi
Bonhoff Butte	NE 34°	856 m	20.2 mi
McDonald Butte	ENE 64°	847 m	13.2 mi
Little Heaven	ENE 64°	846 m	20.3 mi
Cobb Hill	ENE 73°	838 m	8.7 mi
Devils Table Rock	NE 53°	838 m	14.5 mi
Twin Buttes	SSE 154°	836 m	13.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:37	19:18
June solstice	05:09	20:18	21:07
September equinox	06:53	18:24	19:05
December solstice	07:51	15:25	16:18

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	18	22	33	44	54	63	71	70	59	45	31	21
Precip in	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.5	2.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockway 3 WSW, 24 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900023

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