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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 779 m. Shell Butte stands 1,036 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

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Coordinates46.92293, -104.41000
Around it

116 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 43
Parks: 35
  • Carol Park: 10.9 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
  • Wibaux City Park: 11.4 mi
  • Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Blue Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Mount McKinley: 9.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Baird Butte: 10.6 mi
  • Horse Point: 11.2 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 11.1 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 15.7 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 16.7 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 18.7 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 19.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Pierre Wibaux: 11.0 mi
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 12.0 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 19.2 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 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
Shell ButteSSE 159°1,036 m22.5 mi
Rocky ButteESE 108°989 m24.5 mi
Cap RockSSE 168°974 m20.5 mi
Podolski ButteSE 129°935 m15.4 mi
Red Top ButteESE 112°933 m12.7 mi
Blue MountainWNW 286°904 m9.0 mi
Baird ButteE 99°899 m10.6 mi
Jackrabbit ButteESE 110°898 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:10
June solstice05:0420:0920:57
September equinox06:4518:1718:57
December solstice07:4115:2016:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161930415261696757432919
Precip in0.30.40.61.52.72.82.31.81.81.20.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wibaux 2 E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783088

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