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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 772 m. Clay Butte stands 947 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 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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Coordinates47.78429, -104.58121
Around it

73 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Parks: 13
  • Lambert Park: 7.3 mi
  • Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
  • Meadow Park: 19.0 mi
  • Lyndale Acres Park: 19.8 mi
  • Moose Park: 20.0 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Three Buttes: 3.7 mi
  • Lone Butte: 8.6 mi
  • Flag Butte: 8.9 mi
  • Blue Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Three Buttes: 18.5 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 2
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
Clay ButteSW 229°947 m22.4 mi
Flag ButteWNW 281°835 m8.9 mi
Three ButtesSSE 164°830 m3.7 mi
Blue HillNNE 33°801 m13.8 mi
Lone ButteNE 37°784 m8.6 mi
Three ButtesNNE 23°765 m18.5 mi
Haystack ButteNW 316°734 m24.6 mi
Antelope ButteNE 48°728 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0020:1321:01
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:4515:1616:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785983

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