Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 900 m. Little Sheep Mountain stands 1,079 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalk Butte, a peak 2.5 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates46.81203, -106.10836

27.8 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves59

State Trust: 5.2 mi
State Trust: 5.9 mi
BLM: 8.1 mi
BLM: 9.4 mi
BLM: 11.9 mi

Peaks11

Chalk Butte: 2.5 mi
Little Chalk Butte: 8.3 mi
Horse Creek Hill: 10.3 mi
Red Buttes: 10.9 mi
Little Sheep Mountain: 15.5 mi

Springs1

Mud Springs: 6.4 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
Little Sheep Mountain	ENE 72°	1,079 m	15.5 mi
Big Sheep Mountain	NE 49°	1,074 m	24.2 mi
Sunday Butte	W 260°	962 m	23.4 mi
Horse Creek Hill	SE 142°	955 m	10.3 mi
Red Buttes	WNW 290°	924 m	10.9 mi
Chalk Butte	NNE 34°	922 m	2.5 mi
Chalk Butte	NNE 20°	903 m	21.2 mi
Little Chalk Butte	NNW 344°	892 m	8.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:37	19:17
June solstice	05:11	20:16	21:03
September equinox	06:52	18:24	19:04
December solstice	07:47	15:28	16:19

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	18	22	33	44	53	63	71	70	59	45	31	22
Precip in	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Springs, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185784447

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