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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 831 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 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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Coordinates46.39359, -105.26659
Around it

96 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 30
  • Blue Mountains: 7.9 mi
  • Baldy Peak: 8.3 mi
  • Montague Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 9.0 mi
Parks: 4
  • Powder River Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
  • After the Roundup Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
  • George Park: 10.3 mi
  • Strawberry Hill Recreation Area: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Camp 21: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 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 MountainWNW 300°1,014 m9.4 mi
Green MountainNW 314°1,013 m9.6 mi
Blue MountainNW 308°1,005 m8.8 mi
Henry Woods MountainE 91°989 m10.3 mi
The KnobWNW 291°988 m15.1 mi
Baldy PeakWNW 290°982 m8.3 mi
Bracket ButteENE 75°978 m15.0 mi
Baldy ButteSSE 155°977 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3419:14
June solstice05:0920:1120:58
September equinox06:4918:2119:01
December solstice07:4215:2716:18

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192435465666747261463222
Precip in0.40.50.71.62.92.31.81.01.31.00.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mizpah 4 NNW, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898237

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