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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,000 m. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.26822, -104.12280
Around it

64 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 35
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 ButtesWNW 287°1,273 m13.7 mi
Harding PeakENE 58°1,223 m13.5 mi
Sheep MountainNNW 347°1,199 m15.2 mi
Belltower ButteNNW 341°1,198 m24.3 mi
Stormy ButteN 358°1,192 m25.0 mi
Moreau PeakENE 75°1,187 m20.5 mi
Dead Horse PointW 270°1,183 m24.6 mi
Capitol RockN 5°1,170 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:09
June solstice05:0920:0320:49
September equinox06:4418:1718:56
December solstice07:3315:2816:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161929395060676555402817
Precip in0.30.51.01.63.13.01.92.01.11.30.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783772

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