Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 819 m. Haystack Butte stands 880 m to the north, 16 miles off. 3 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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Coordinates48.51483, -108.11420

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 0.6 mi
BLM: 1.5 mi
BLM: 2.5 mi
BLM: 5.9 mi
BLM: 8.0 mi

Parks9

Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
Early Day Outlaws Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
Trafton Park: 15.3 mi
Riverview Park: 15.5 mi
Hillcrest Park: 16.0 mi

Springs5

Townsend Spring: 19.1 mi
Bebee Spring: 20.2 mi
Erphit Spring: 20.7 mi
Lakeside Spring: 20.9 mi
Austin Spring: 24.8 mi

Peaks3

Hubert Hill: 12.8 mi
Fanny Hill: 15.7 mi
Haystack Butte: 15.8 mi

Museums2

Great Plains Dinosaur Museum: 15.5 mi
Phillips County Museum: 15.5 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 9.9 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 10.1 mi

Historic sites1

Early Day Outlaws: 12.2 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
Haystack Butte	N 354°	880 m	15.8 mi
Hubert Hill	N 4°	834 m	12.8 mi
Fanny Hill	ENE 78°	795 m	15.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:44	19:25
June solstice	05:11	20:29	21:19
September equinox	07:00	18:31	19:12
December solstice	08:03	15:25	16:20

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	46	56	64	72	71	60	46	32	21
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.7	2.7	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902363

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