Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,053 m. Branaman Mountain stands 1,291 m to the south, 24 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 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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Coordinates45.19139, -104.50542

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves52

BLM: 1.5 mi
BLM: 2.9 mi
BLM: 3.2 mi
BLM: 4.9 mi
BLM: 5.7 mi

Peaks15

Black Point: 6.4 mi
Butcher Hills: 6.9 mi
Dead Horse Point: 8.1 mi
Potato Buttes: 8.6 mi
Potato Buttes: 10.8 mi

Springs2

Church Spring: 22.8 mi
Selway Spring: 23.0 mi

Cliffs1

Rock Wall: 22.8 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
Branaman Mountain	S 175°	1,291 m	24.3 mi
Finger Buttes	NNE 30°	1,273 m	10.8 mi
Greasy Hill	W 280°	1,238 m	14.7 mi
Belcher Mountain	W 259°	1,222 m	22.5 mi
Wolf Point	WNW 295°	1,198 m	11.2 mi
Dead Horse Point	NW 312°	1,183 m	8.1 mi
Tip Top Butte	NW 308°	1,182 m	12.0 mi
Green Mountain	SSE 159°	1,160 m	21.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:02	18:32	19:11
June solstice	05:11	20:04	20:50
September equinox	06:46	18:19	18:57
December solstice	07:35	15:30	16:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	16	19	29	39	50	60	67	65	55	40	28	17
Precip in	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.6	3.1	3.0	1.9	2.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185215007

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