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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 785 m. Shell Butte stands 1,735 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.21601, -108.20356
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks: 14
  • Button Butte: 17.0 mi
  • Black Butte: 17.0 mi
  • Travois Butte: 19.8 mi
  • Coming Day Butte: 21.1 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 23.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 15.1 mi
  • Early Day Outlaws Historical Marker: 15.1 mi
  • Riverview Park: 17.6 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 17.8 mi
  • Trafton Park: 18.3 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Phillips County Fair Grounds: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Early Day Outlaws: 15.2 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shell ButteSW 220°1,735 m25.0 mi
Old Scraggy PeakSW 218°1,731 m24.3 mi
Beaver MountainSW 221°1,689 m23.1 mi
Green MountainSW 222°1,673 m24.1 mi
Coming Day ButteSW 219°1,521 m21.1 mi
Bear MountainSSW 213°1,456 m23.0 mi
Travois ButteSSW 213°1,425 m19.8 mi
Spring Park ButteSSW 213°1,346 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4519:26
June solstice05:1320:2921:18
September equinox07:0018:3119:13
December solstice08:0215:2816:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465664727160463221
Precip in0.40.40.51.31.72.71.61.31.41.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786476

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