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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 662 m. Blue Mountain stands 878 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 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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Coordinates47.59086, -104.05228
Around it

52 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 22
Parks: 14
  • Hansen Park: 9.3 mi
  • Swanson Field: 9.3 mi
  • East Park: 9.5 mi
  • Lyndale Acres Park: 9.5 mi
  • Nutter Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Bull Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Bell Hill: 9.1 mi
  • The Pyramid: 9.5 mi
  • Lindberg Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Sheep Butte: 12.3 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 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
Blue MountainSSW 193°878 m23.5 mi
Flat Rock ButteSE 141°830 m14.0 mi
Sheep ButteENE 77°814 m12.3 mi
Eagle ButteENE 73°797 m13.5 mi
Burning Mine ButteE 98°787 m17.5 mi
Sheep ButteENE 73°782 m13.5 mi
Lindberg HillSSW 205°770 m11.4 mi
Bull ButteSSW 196°756 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2819:09
June solstice04:5920:1020:58
September equinox06:4418:1518:56
December solstice07:4215:1516:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465766727161473221
Precip in0.50.40.61.22.42.82.61.31.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214550

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