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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 818 m. Chalk Butte stands 979 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 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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Coordinates47.42533, -106.88663
Around it

84 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 43
Peaks: 20
  • Castle Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Sage Hen Buttes: 7.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Maloney Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Brownie Butte: 9.5 mi
Springs: 10
Parks: 9
  • Panwitz Park: 7.2 mi
  • Willems Park: 7.4 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 7.5 mi
  • Woodland Park: 7.7 mi
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 7.3 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
Chalk ButteWNW 288°979 m20.4 mi
Elephant ButteSW 236°950 m24.0 mi
Darby ButtesS 182°926 m18.3 mi
Biscuit ButteWNW 296°922 m9.6 mi
Sage Hen ButtesWNW 288°913 m7.0 mi
Smoky ButteSW 235°913 m11.2 mi
Haystack ButteW 264°907 m10.3 mi
Buffalo HillNNE 27°894 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1120:2121:09
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5315:2716:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234445463717058453121
Precip in0.40.40.41.32.02.51.61.11.21.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784465

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