Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 736 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Recreation Area, a park 0.8 miles away. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates47.94836, -106.28213

Around it

95 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

BLM: 2.2 mi
BLM: 4.0 mi
State Trust: 4.2 mi
BLM: 4.8 mi
State Trust: 5.5 mi

Peaks26

Coal Hill: 1.6 mi
Indian Hill: 2.8 mi
Caprock Butte: 3.0 mi
Lucky Hill: 3.6 mi
Deadman Butte: 5.6 mi

Parks24

Bear Creek Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
Flat Lake Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
Downstream Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
Mall Park: 8.7 mi
Big Muddy Park: 8.8 mi

Museums2

Powerhouse Museum: 7.5 mi
Valley County Pioneer Museum: 24.2 mi

Historic sites2

Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
Old Fort Peck Historical Marker: 9.8 mi

Springs1

Swallow Nest Spring: 24.3 mi

Attractions1

G: 24.6 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
Square Butte	SSW 212°	861 m	19.6 mi
Bonhoff Butte	SSE 153°	856 m	22.4 mi
Coal Hill	E 91°	844 m	1.6 mi
Signal Butte	SW 222°	832 m	24.7 mi
Indian Hill	NNW 340°	831 m	2.8 mi
Brownie Butte	SW 214°	831 m	23.8 mi
Goat Mountain	SSE 151°	810 m	8.3 mi
Westland Hill	SE 143°	809 m	7.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:37	19:18
June solstice	05:07	20:20	21:09
September equinox	06:53	18:24	19:05
December solstice	07:53	15:22	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	18	22	34	47	57	66	74	73	62	49	34	22
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	2.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214761

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