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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 647 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mortarstone Bluff, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates48.09765, -104.91076

63 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 44
Peaks: 6
  • Twomile Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 4.3 mi
  • Flag Butte: 21.0 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 22.0 mi
  • Three Buttes: 22.9 mi
Parks: 5
  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker: 13.3 mi
  • American Legion Park: 13.5 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 18.2 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 18.5 mi
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 4

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
Flag ButteSSE 162°835 m21.0 mi
Blue HillESE 114°801 m24.8 mi
Three ButtesESE 101°765 m22.9 mi
Haystack ButteSSW 204°734 m4.3 mi
Sugar Top HillENE 71°695 m22.0 mi
Twomile HillNW 319°616 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3119:12
June solstice05:0020:1521:04
September equinox06:4718:1818:59
December solstice07:4815:1516:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121628425262686756422715
Precip in0.40.30.61.02.22.92.61.41.10.90.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf Point 29 ENE, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900015

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