Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,001 m. Big Sheep Mountain stands 1,074 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Antelope, a peak 0.9 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 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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Coordinates47.25543, -105.39270

14.0 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

46 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves31

State Trust: 5.4 mi
BLM: 7.1 mi
BLM: 7.3 mi
BLM: 9.6 mi
BLM: 10.2 mi

Peaks10

Mount Antelope: 0.9 mi
High Point: 5.6 mi
Lower Summit: 6.5 mi
Crazy Butte: 7.6 mi
Woodworth Hill: 13.3 mi

Parks3

Circle Park: 14.1 mi
Circle Historical Marker: 14.2 mi
Ben Larson Park: 14.3 mi

Attractions1

McCone County Fairgrounds: 13.9 mi

Museums1

McCone County Museum: 14.2 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
Big Sheep Mountain	SW 226°	1,074 m	21.4 mi
Mount Antelope	NNW 343°	1,050 m	0.9 mi
High Point	ENE 56°	1,015 m	5.6 mi
Diamond G Butte	SSE 169°	982 m	17.0 mi
Lower Summit	WSW 251°	891 m	6.5 mi
Bowgun Butte	SSW 202°	889 m	24.9 mi
Crazy Butte	NNE 15°	876 m	7.6 mi
Twin Buttes	ENE 77°	847 m	21.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:34	19:14
June solstice	05:06	20:14	21:02
September equinox	06:49	18:21	19:01
December solstice	07:46	15:22	16:15

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	20	31	41	51	61	68	67	57	42	29	19
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.6	2.6	2.1	1.1	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terry 21 NNW, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900017

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