Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 767 m. Haystack Butte stands 1,027 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dovetail Butte, a peak 4.1 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 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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Coordinates47.46141, -108.25354

23.2 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway

Around it

64 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

State Trust: 4.3 mi
State Trust: 5.8 mi
BLM: 8.2 mi
State Trust: 10.1 mi
State Trust: 10.7 mi

Peaks12

Dovetail Butte: 4.1 mi
Button Butte: 12.1 mi
Haystack Butte: 13.4 mi
Smoky Johnson Hill: 14.3 mi
Dog Butte: 14.3 mi

Springs8

Parks4

Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge: 18.4 mi
Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 18.9 mi
Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 23.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Rocky Point: 13.4 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
Haystack Butte	WSW 240°	1,027 m	13.4 mi
Dovetail Butte	S 190°	986 m	4.1 mi
Indian Butte	WNW 287°	928 m	24.5 mi
Tin Can Hill	SSE 152°	927 m	20.6 mi
Sandage Buttes	SE 133°	921 m	24.9 mi
Button Butte	WNW 284°	903 m	12.1 mi
Finley Butte	ESE 116°	892 m	24.7 mi
Dog Butte	SSW 195°	890 m	14.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:45	19:26
June solstice	05:17	20:26	21:15
September equinox	07:00	18:32	19:13
December solstice	07:59	15:32	16:25

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	20	23	33	43	53	62	70	69	58	44	32	22
Precip in	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.9	2.6	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898260

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