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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 667 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the south, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.06707, -104.61764
Around it

112 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 53
Parks: 29
  • Makoshika State Park: 3.0 mi
  • Windham SQ park: 4.8 mi
  • Whipkey Park: 5.0 mi
  • Babe Ruth Field: 5.0 mi
  • GBNFCU Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Hungry Joe: 4.3 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 5.1 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 7.6 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 8.6 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 3.2 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 5.8 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 21.3 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 2.3 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainS 171°904 m7.6 mi
Baird ButteESE 120°899 m23.4 mi
Blue MountainENE 58°878 m24.9 mi
Pine HillS 176°868 m20.1 mi
Four ButtesE 83°864 m19.8 mi
Horse PointSE 129°862 m25.0 mi
Twin ButtesNW 318°847 m23.8 mi
Graveyard HillSSE 168°822 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0420:1120:58
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4215:2016:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785450

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