Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 942 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is After the Roundup Historical Marker, a park 0.5 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.42710, -105.07325

27.5 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.4 mi
BLM: 4.4 mi
State Trust: 5.9 mi
BLM: 8.1 mi
BLM: 8.2 mi

Peaks22

Montague Butte: 1.5 mi
Rattlesnake Butte: 2.6 mi
Henry Woods Mountain: 2.7 mi
Twin Buttes: 4.5 mi
Bracket Butte: 5.5 mi

Parks3

After the Roundup Historical Marker: 0.5 mi
George Park: 6.9 mi
Powder River Historical Marker: 9.6 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
Buck Mountain	W 278°	1,014 m	17.5 mi
Green Mountain	WNW 285°	1,013 m	16.7 mi
Blue Mountain	W 281°	1,005 m	16.4 mi
Henry Woods Mountain	SSE 156°	989 m	2.7 mi
The Knob	W 278°	988 m	23.4 mi
Baldy Peak	W 272°	982 m	17.1 mi
Bracket Butte	ENE 74°	978 m	5.5 mi
Baldy Butte	SSW 199°	977 m	13.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:04	18:33	19:13
June solstice	05:08	20:10	20:57
September equinox	06:48	18:20	19:00
December solstice	07:42	15:26	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	19	24	35	46	56	66	74	72	61	46	32	22
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	2.9	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mizpah 4 NNW, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898250

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