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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 807 m. Shell Butte stands 1,036 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 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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Coordinates46.94899, -104.43535
Around it

121 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 48
Parks: 35
  • Carol Park: 11.5 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 11.5 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 12.0 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 12.0 mi
  • Makoshika State Park: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Blue Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 9.2 mi
  • Mount McKinley: 10.0 mi
  • Baird Butte: 12.2 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 13.0 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 11.8 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 13.7 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 14.6 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 17.6 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 20.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Pierre Wibaux: 11.5 mi
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 12.5 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 20.5 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 13.2 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 ButteSSE 158°1,036 m24.7 mi
Cap RockSSE 166°974 m22.5 mi
Podolski ButteSE 131°935 m17.5 mi
Red Top ButteESE 117°933 m14.6 mi
Blue MountainW 275°904 m7.4 mi
Baird ButteESE 107°899 m12.2 mi
Jackrabbit ButteESE 115°898 m14.6 mi
Blue MountainNNE 30°878 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:10
June solstice05:0420:0920:57
September equinox06:4518:1718:57
December solstice07:4115:2016:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161930415261696757432919
Precip in0.30.40.61.52.72.82.31.81.81.20.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wibaux 2 E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902356

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