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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 927 m. Little Sheep Mountain stands 1,079 m to the east, 6.2 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 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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Coordinates46.86553, -105.92529
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 54
Peaks: 13
  • Little Sheep Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Chalk Butte: 7.4 mi
  • Little Chalk Butte: 11.8 mi
  • Horse Creek Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Ingersol Butte: 12.8 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
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
Little Sheep MountainE 81°1,079 m6.2 mi
Big Sheep MountainNE 38°1,074 m15.5 mi
Horse Creek HillS 191°955 m12.0 mi
Red ButtesW 270°924 m18.9 mi
Chalk ButteWSW 258°922 m7.4 mi
Chalk ButteN 355°903 m16.3 mi
Little Chalk ButteWNW 292°892 m11.8 mi
Bowgun ButteENE 76°889 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3619:16
June solstice05:1020:1521:03
September equinox06:5118:2319:03
December solstice07:4715:2716:18

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233445363717059453122
Precip in0.20.20.41.22.72.51.51.01.21.00.20.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898286

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