Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 909 m. East Butte stands 1,007 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates48.61665, -108.37085

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves59

BLM: 1.8 mi
State Trust: 2.0 mi
BLM: 4.6 mi
BLM: 5.0 mi
BLM: 5.8 mi

Parks5

Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
Lions Club Park: 19.9 mi
Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
Vision Quest Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
Harlem Elementary School Park: 20.0 mi

Peaks3

Haystack Butte: 13.4 mi
Hubert Hill: 13.9 mi
East Butte: 22.0 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 16.1 mi

Museums1

Pictorial Museum: 20.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 21.7 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	WNW 294°	1,007 m	22.0 mi
Haystack Butte	NE 50°	880 m	13.4 mi
Hubert Hill	ENE 66°	834 m	13.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:45	19:26
June solstice	05:12	20:31	21:20
September equinox	07:01	18:32	19:13
December solstice	08:04	15:26	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, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783123

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