Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 744 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the southwest, 8.6 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 21 miles off. 24 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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Coordinates47.76067, -105.95087

21.3 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.0 mi
BLM: 2.8 mi
BLM: 3.6 mi
BLM: 4.7 mi
BLM: 6.2 mi

Peaks24

Vanderhoof Hill: 5.7 mi
Corner Butte: 6.8 mi
Rocky Butte: 6.9 mi
Lytle Hill: 8.1 mi
Willis Buttes: 8.2 mi

Parks5

Rock Creek State Park: 15.7 mi
McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 16.0 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
Bear Creek Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
In Memoriam Historical Marker: 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
Bonhoff Butte	SW 216°	856 m	8.6 mi
McDonald Butte	SSW 195°	847 m	18.6 mi
Little Heaven	S 173°	846 m	15.1 mi
Coal Hill	NW 313°	844 m	18.9 mi
Devils Table Rock	SSW 198°	838 m	15.8 mi
Cobb Hill	SSW 201°	838 m	22.7 mi
Indian Hill	NW 314°	831 m	22.6 mi
Goat Mountain	WNW 297°	810 m	12.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:36	19:17
June solstice	05:06	20:18	21:07
September equinox	06:51	18:23	19:03
December solstice	07:51	15:21	16:15

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	16	21	34	46	57	66	73	72	61	47	32	20
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.1	3.5	1.8	1.8	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf PT, 27 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186901937

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