Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 845 m. East Butte stands 1,007 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. 6 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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Coordinates48.54336, -108.43457

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.4 mi
BLM: 5.2 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi
BLM: 5.8 mi

Parks6

Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 10.2 mi
Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
Vision Quest Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
Lions Club Park: 16.1 mi
Harlem Elementary School Park: 16.3 mi

Peaks6

Haystack Butte: 19.0 mi
Hubert Hill: 19.0 mi
East Butte: 22.2 mi
Snake Butte: 22.6 mi
Black Butte: 23.8 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 13.2 mi

Museums1

Pictorial Museum: 15.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 20.3 mi

Historic sites1

Early Day Outlaws: 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
East Butte	NW 309°	1,007 m	22.2 mi
Wild Horse Butte	SW 216°	986 m	24.2 mi
Snake Butte	WSW 239°	948 m	22.6 mi
Haystack Butte	NE 44°	880 m	19.0 mi
Black Butte	SSW 196°	864 m	23.8 mi
Hubert Hill	NE 55°	834 m	19.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:45	19:27
June solstice	05:12	20:31	21:20
September equinox	07:01	18:32	19:14
December solstice	08:04	15:27	16:21

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	17	21	33	44	54	63	69	68	58	45	31	20
Precip in	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.4	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harlem, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214810

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