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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,073 m. Finger Buttes stands 1,273 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 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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Coordinates45.47806, -104.25005
Around it

64 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 36
Peaks: 26
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 ButtesSSW 213°1,273 m12.5 mi
Harding PeakESE 113°1,223 m19.1 mi
Sheep MountainE 84°1,199 m2.7 mi
Belltower ButteNNW 347°1,198 m8.6 mi
Stormy ButteNNE 26°1,192 m11.7 mi
Dead Horse PointSW 232°1,183 m23.4 mi
Capitol RockNE 50°1,170 m10.2 mi
Potato ButtesSW 228°1,149 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:10
June solstice05:0920:0420:50
September equinox06:4518:1718:56
December solstice07:3515:2716:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233435463717059453221
Precip in0.50.40.71.72.62.42.01.71.31.40.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgeway 1 S, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785988

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