Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 928 m. Kilby Butte stands 1,075 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates46.82020, -108.09738

Around it

72 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves53

BLM: 6.3 mi
BLM: 7.6 mi
BLM: 8.0 mi
BLM: 8.3 mi
State Trust: 9.2 mi

Peaks10

Rattlesnake Butte: 5.3 mi
Rattlesnake Buttes: 17.4 mi
Barney Pinnacle: 21.1 mi
Twin Butte: 21.4 mi
Froehlich Butte: 21.8 mi

Springs6

Mud Spring: 1.5 mi
Circle Bar Spring: 4.8 mi
Breed Spring: 13.0 mi
Chalk Springs: 21.4 mi
Breed Springs: 22.7 mi

Parks2

Jim Bartlett Field: 17.3 mi
George Ore Memorial Park: 17.6 mi

Rest areas1

MT 200 Rest Area: 16.2 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
Kilby Butte	SSW 213°	1,075 m	23.9 mi
Rattlesnake Butte	NW 314°	1,060 m	5.3 mi
Timber Butte	NE 56°	968 m	22.4 mi
Rattlesnake Buttes	ESE 106°	962 m	17.4 mi
Turner Butte	ENE 57°	962 m	23.4 mi
McTwigan Butte	NE 53°	960 m	22.0 mi
Froehlich Butte	NE 51°	959 m	21.8 mi
Barney Pinnacle	NE 36°	948 m	21.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:45	19:25
June solstice	05:19	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:00	18:32	19:12
December solstice	07:55	15:36	16:27

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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784488

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