Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,100 m. Gardner Butte stands 1,306 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. 36 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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Coordinates45.17809, -105.64057

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 1.6 mi
BLM: 2.7 mi
BLM: 3.4 mi
BLM: 4.8 mi
BLM: 5.1 mi

Peaks36

Terrett Butte: 4.9 mi
Baldy Peak: 6.0 mi
Yarger Butte: 7.4 mi
Lonesome Peak: 9.2 mi
Bear Skull Mountain: 9.9 mi

Museums2

Wildlife Museum: 21.2 mi
Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum: 21.6 mi

Attractions1

Diamond Butte Lookout: 15.0 mi

Parks1

Cottonwood Park: 21.3 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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gardner Butte	NW 312°	1,306 m	15.0 mi
Diamond Butte	WNW 289°	1,301 m	15.1 mi
Threemile Buttes	NNW 327°	1,297 m	24.5 mi
Bear Skull Mountain	ESE 106°	1,295 m	9.9 mi
Baldy Peak	ENE 68°	1,293 m	6.0 mi
Bailey Hill	NW 311°	1,282 m	14.7 mi
Gobbler Knob	WSW 252°	1,278 m	20.5 mi
Long Butte	WSW 250°	1,271 m	24.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:36	19:15
June solstice	05:16	20:09	20:54
September equinox	06:50	18:23	19:02
December solstice	07:39	15:35	16:24

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902957

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