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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 826 m. Chalk Butte stands 979 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.42385, -106.90794
Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 42
Peaks: 20
  • Castle Butte: 5.9 mi
  • Sage Hen Buttes: 6.1 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 7.6 mi
  • Biscuit Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Maloney Hill: 8.9 mi
Springs: 10
Parks: 9
  • Panwitz Park: 7.0 mi
  • Willems Park: 7.2 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 7.3 mi
  • Woodland Park: 7.4 mi
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 8.0 mi
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 7.1 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chalk ButteWNW 289°979 m19.5 mi
Adams Rocky ButteSW 236°967 m24.9 mi
Elephant ButteSW 234°950 m23.1 mi
Darby ButtesS 179°926 m18.2 mi
Biscuit ButteWNW 300°922 m8.7 mi
Sage Hen ButtesWNW 292°913 m6.1 mi
Smoky ButteSW 232°913 m10.4 mi
Haystack ButteW 264°907 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1120:2121:09
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5315:2716:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234445463717058453121
Precip in0.40.40.41.32.02.51.61.11.21.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902352

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