Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 853 m. Maxwell Butte stands 1,134 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.4 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.17039, -105.10626

Around it

78 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves55

State Trust: 3.4 mi
State Trust: 3.4 mi
BLM: 4.5 mi
BLM: 5.8 mi
BLM: 7.0 mi

Peaks20

Baldy Butte: 5.7 mi
Tepee Butte: 6.1 mi
White Knob: 7.7 mi
Red Knob: 8.2 mi
Nelson Butte: 12.5 mi

Parks3

George Park: 11.0 mi
After the Roundup Historical Marker: 17.3 mi
Powder River Historical Marker: 19.7 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
Maxwell Butte	SSW 205°	1,134 m	19.7 mi
Twin Buttes	S 189°	1,062 m	20.8 mi
Snake Butte	SSW 193°	1,036 m	22.5 mi
Chimney Butte	S 182°	1,005 m	22.3 mi
Saddle Horse Butte	SW 233°	991 m	20.4 mi
Henry Woods Mountain	N 10°	989 m	15.5 mi
Baldy Peak	NW 320°	982 m	24.0 mi
Bracket Butte	NNE 20°	978 m	20.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:04	18:34	19:13
June solstice	05:10	20:10	20:56
September equinox	06:48	18:20	19:00
December solstice	07:41	15:27	16:18

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	19	24	35	46	56	66	74	72	61	46	32	22
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	2.9	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mizpah 4 NNW, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784498

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