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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 848 m. Black Butte stands 1,687 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 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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Coordinates47.46575, -108.56981
Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 58
Peaks: 12
  • Button Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 7.7 mi
  • Smoky Johnson Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Butte: 10.9 mi
  • Coal Hill: 12.1 mi
Springs: 8
Parks: 4
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 12.6 mi
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 19.0 mi
  • Roy City Park: 20.3 mi
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 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
Black ButteSW 230°1,687 m24.6 mi
Rattlesnake ButteSW 235°1,205 m23.0 mi
Coal HillWSW 238°1,056 m12.1 mi
Haystack ButteSSE 156°1,027 m7.7 mi
Three ButtesSSW 198°1,023 m24.2 mi
Dovetail ButteESE 107°986 m14.7 mi
Peck HillsWNW 283°951 m24.0 mi
Indian ButteNW 307°928 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4719:27
June solstice05:1820:2821:16
September equinox07:0218:3319:14
December solstice08:0015:3416:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903378

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