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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 787 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 90 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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Coordinates46.63355, -105.07715
Around it

90 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 56
Peaks: 20
  • Flat Top Butte: 5.0 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 10.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 12.2 mi
  • Bracket Butte: 13.9 mi
  • Simons Butte: 14.1 mi
Parks: 8
  • Walther Park: 14.2 mi
  • After the Roundup Historical Marker: 14.8 mi
  • Murn Park: 15.4 mi
  • Prairie County Veterans Park: 15.6 mi
  • Powder River Historical Marker: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Prairie County Fairgrounds: 16.4 mi
  • T: 16.6 mi
Museums: 1
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
Buck MountainSW 235°1,014 m20.9 mi
Green MountainWSW 238°1,013 m18.7 mi
Blue MountainSW 235°1,005 m19.4 mi
Henry Woods MountainS 176°989 m16.7 mi
Baldy PeakSW 231°982 m21.7 mi
Bracket ButteSSE 157°978 m13.9 mi
Big PeakWSW 243°970 m18.3 mi
Red KnobS 186°966 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:13
June solstice05:0820:1120:58
September equinox06:4818:2019:00
December solstice07:4315:2416:16

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172132435364717059453221
Precip in0.30.30.61.52.82.32.01.31.41.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mildred 7 NNW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214994

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