Nature reserve · Montana
BLM
BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 631 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south, 18 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
Coordinates48.06430, -104.82850
71 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 50
- BLM: 0.8 mi
- BLM: 2.1 mi
- BLM: 4.4 mi
- BLM: 4.4 mi
- State Trust: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 7
- Haystack Butte: 5.8 mi
- Twomile Hill: 7.9 mi
- Flag Butte: 17.8 mi
- Three Buttes: 18.8 mi
- Sugar Top Hill: 19.5 mi
Parks: 6
- Swimming Pool Park: 15.2 mi
- C C Recreation Complex: 15.5 mi
- Bruegger Centennial Park: 15.6 mi
- Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 17.4 mi
- American Legion Park: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Balls Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Mortarstone Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 16.1 mi
- The Point: 20.8 mi
Museums: 4
- Poplar Museum: 16.2 mi
- Culbertson Museum: 16.6 mi
- Fort Peck Tribal Museum: 16.9 mi
- Poplar Museum: 17.1 mi
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Butte | S 171° | 835 m | 17.8 mi |
| Blue Hill | ESE 112° | 801 m | 20.4 mi |
| Lone Butte | SE 127° | 784 m | 20.8 mi |
| Three Buttes | E 97° | 765 m | 18.8 mi |
| Haystack Butte | WSW 253° | 734 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sugar Top Hill | ENE 61° | 695 m | 19.5 mi |
| Twomile Hill | NW 309° | 616 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:31 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:15 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:15 | 16:09 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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