Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 782 m. Chalk Butte stands 903 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 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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Coordinates47.41688, -106.14358

19.0 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves38

State Trust: 2.6 mi
BLM: 5.9 mi
State Trust: 7.1 mi
State Trust: 7.1 mi
BLM: 7.6 mi

Peaks14

Cobb Hill: 2.7 mi
McDonald Butte: 7.2 mi
Hook Rock: 8.1 mi
Standing Rock: 8.3 mi
Devils Table Rock: 9.6 mi

Parks3

Dinosaurs Historical Marker: 6.4 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 13.6 mi

Rest areas1

Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 6.5 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
Chalk Butte	SSE 158°	903 m	23.6 mi
Bonhoff Butte	NNE 13°	856 m	17.2 mi
McDonald Butte	NE 37°	847 m	7.2 mi
Little Heaven	NE 51°	846 m	13.9 mi
Stony Butte Hill	ESE 109°	846 m	18.8 mi
Cobb Hill	NNE 16°	838 m	2.7 mi
Devils Table Rock	NNE 25°	838 m	9.6 mi
Twin Buttes	S 188°	836 m	12.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:37	19:17
June solstice	05:08	20:18	21:06
September equinox	06:52	18:24	19:04
December solstice	07:50	15:24	16:17

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	54	63	71	70	59	45	31	21
Precip in	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.5	2.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockway 3 WSW, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900041

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