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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,061 m. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
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Coordinates45.46976, -104.24972
Around it

62 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 33
Peaks: 27
Ghost towns: 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
Finger ButtesSW 215°1,273 m12.1 mi
Harding PeakESE 111°1,223 m18.9 mi
Sheep MountainENE 72°1,199 m2.8 mi
Belltower ButteNNW 348°1,198 m9.2 mi
Stormy ButteNNE 25°1,192 m12.2 mi
Dead Horse PointSW 233°1,183 m23.0 mi
Tip Top ButteWSW 242°1,182 m24.9 mi
Capitol RockNE 48°1,170 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:10
June solstice05:0920:0420:50
September equinox06:4518:1718:56
December solstice07:3515:2716:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233435463717059453221
Precip in0.50.40.71.72.62.42.01.71.31.40.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgeway 1 S, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900022

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