Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,143 m. White Tail Butte stands 1,319 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Eagle Butte, a peak 2.6 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 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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Coordinates45.01368, -105.94439

Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

BLM: 4.2 mi
State Trust: 4.2 mi
State Trust: 6.4 mi
BLM: 6.5 mi
BLM: 6.7 mi

Peaks27

Black Eagle Butte: 2.6 mi
Kelsey Hill: 4.6 mi
Gobbler Knob: 7.0 mi
Long Butte: 8.9 mi
Wallop Butte: 9.1 mi

Springs3

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 16.3 mi

Historic sites1

Fort Howes: 21.1 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
White Tail Butte	SE 128°	1,319 m	24.3 mi
L Quarter Circle Butte	WSW 238°	1,308 m	16.2 mi
Gardner Butte	N 10°	1,306 m	21.7 mi
Diamond Butte	N 2°	1,301 m	16.3 mi
Baldy Peak	NE 56°	1,293 m	24.5 mi
Red Butte	W 275°	1,292 m	13.2 mi
Bailey Hill	N 10°	1,282 m	21.3 mi
Gobbler Knob	NW 317°	1,278 m	7.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:38	19:16
June solstice	05:18	20:10	20:55
September equinox	06:52	18:24	19:03
December solstice	07:40	15:37	16:26

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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785577

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