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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 663 m. Three Buttes stands 830 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 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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Coordinates48.01323, -104.26285
Around it

77 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 39
Parks: 19
  • Fort Union Historical Marker: 9.9 mi
  • Snowden Bridge Historical Marker: 12.4 mi
  • Bruegger Centennial Park: 14.7 mi
  • Sharbano Park: 14.8 mi
  • C C Recreation Complex: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Antelope Butte: 2.0 mi
  • Three Buttes: 7.6 mi
  • Blue Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Lone Butte: 13.1 mi
  • Sugar Top Hill: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 2
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
Three ButtesSW 215°830 m23.8 mi
Snake ButteNNE 14°804 m17.8 mi
Blue HillWSW 240°801 m8.4 mi
Bull ButteNNE 25°785 m24.8 mi
Lone ButteSW 227°784 m13.1 mi
Three ButtesW 280°765 m7.6 mi
Clay ButteN 5°739 m18.0 mi
Antelope ButteSE 140°728 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:10
June solstice04:5820:1221:01
September equinox06:4418:1618:57
December solstice07:4515:1316:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455665717060452917
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.32.92.71.41.30.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214346

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