Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,082 m. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 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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Coordinates45.19195, -104.60631

Around it

66 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves47

BLM: 1.8 mi
BLM: 4.9 mi
BLM: 6.1 mi
BLM: 6.2 mi
BLM: 6.2 mi

Peaks16

Black Point: 2.1 mi
Dead Horse Point: 5.5 mi
Wolf Point: 7.0 mi
Tip Top Butte: 8.7 mi
Twin Buttes: 9.7 mi

Springs2

Church Spring: 18.1 mi
Selway Spring: 18.3 mi

Cliffs1

Rock Wall: 18.1 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
West Butte	WSW 251°	1,345 m	21.4 mi
Finger Buttes	NE 48°	1,273 m	14.0 mi
Greasy Hill	WNW 285°	1,238 m	9.9 mi
Belcher Mountain	WSW 256°	1,222 m	17.7 mi
Signal Hill	SW 218°	1,219 m	22.2 mi
Wolf Point	NW 311°	1,198 m	7.0 mi
Dead Horse Point	NNW 348°	1,183 m	5.5 mi
Tip Top Butte	NNW 328°	1,182 m	8.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:32	19:11
June solstice	05:12	20:05	20:50
September equinox	06:46	18:19	18:58
December solstice	07:35	15:30	16:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	16	19	29	39	50	60	67	65	55	40	28	17
Precip in	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.6	3.1	3.0	1.9	2.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783108

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