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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 855 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 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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Coordinates46.51839, -104.96569
Around it

88 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 21
  • Bracket Butte: 4.8 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 6.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 7.7 mi
  • Montague Butte: 9.6 mi
  • Henry Woods Mountain: 9.6 mi
Parks: 6
  • After the Roundup Historical Marker: 8.6 mi
  • George Park: 14.1 mi
  • Powder River Historical Marker: 15.9 mi
  • Plevna City Park: 22.5 mi
  • Walther Park: 23.2 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 MountainW 260°1,014 m22.8 mi
Green MountainW 265°1,013 m21.3 mi
Blue MountainW 262°1,005 m21.5 mi
Henry Woods MountainSSW 205°989 m9.6 mi
Baldy PeakWSW 256°982 m22.9 mi
Bracket ButteS 178°978 m4.8 mi
Baldy ButteSSW 207°977 m21.3 mi
Big PeakW 269°970 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:13
June solstice05:0820:1020:57
September equinox06:4718:2018:59
December solstice07:4215:2516:16

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172132435364717059453221
Precip in0.30.30.61.52.82.32.01.31.41.10.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mildred 7 NNW, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785460

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