Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 997 m. Gardner Butte stands 1,306 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.15229, -105.77361

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 1.7 mi
BLM: 4.5 mi
BLM: 4.5 mi
BLM: 4.8 mi
BLM: 5.1 mi

Peaks37

Kelsey Hill: 8.3 mi
Terrett Butte: 9.9 mi
Diamond Butte: 10.2 mi
Yarger Butte: 10.4 mi
Bailey Hill: 12.3 mi

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 10.2 mi

Historic sites1

Fort Howes: 20.4 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
Gardner Butte	NNW 339°	1,306 m	12.7 mi
Diamond Butte	NW 311°	1,301 m	10.2 mi
Threemile Buttes	NNW 343°	1,297 m	23.4 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	E 93°	1,295 m	16.1 mi
Baldy Peak	ENE 72°	1,293 m	12.7 mi
Red Butte	WSW 249°	1,292 m	23.1 mi
Bailey Hill	NNW 338°	1,282 m	12.3 mi
Gobbler Knob	WSW 251°	1,278 m	13.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:37	19:16
June solstice	05:17	20:09	20:55
September equinox	06:51	18:24	19:02
December solstice	07:40	15:35	16:24

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	23	26	36	45	54	64	72	70	60	46	34	24
Precip in	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	2.6	2.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorhead 9 NE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903465

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