Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 783 m. Coal Mine Hill stands 1,007 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thoeny, a ghost town 3.6 miles away. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates48.92833, -106.92459

Around it

38 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves30

US DOD: 6.2 mi
State Trust: 9.2 mi
US DOD: 9.4 mi
State Trust: 10.7 mi
State Trust: 15.2 mi

Peaks4

Lighthouse Hill: 5.7 mi
Round Butte: 15.4 mi
Coal Mine Hill: 19.0 mi
Papoose Hills: 20.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Thoeny: 3.6 mi

Parks1

Opheim Park: 23.8 mi

Attractions1

Opheim Fairgrounds: 24.2 mi

Springs1

Split Shack Spring: 24.7 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
Coal Mine Hill	E 100°	1,007 m	19.0 mi
Round Butte	E 98°	896 m	15.4 mi
Lighthouse Hill	ESE 122°	837 m	5.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:11	18:39	19:21
June solstice	05:04	20:26	21:16
September equinox	06:55	18:26	19:08
December solstice	09:00	16:18	17:14

Local time (America/Swift_Current).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	11	15	27	40	51	59	66	65	55	41	26	14
Precip in	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.1	3.7	2.2	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Opheim 10 N, 25 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786503

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