Nature reserve · Montana
BLM
BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 705 m. Flag Butte stands 835 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
Coordinates48.03301, -104.68434
76 named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves: 49
- BLM: 2.6 mi
- BLM: 3.0 mi
- State Trust: 3.6 mi
- BLM: 4.0 mi
- BLM: 4.3 mi
Parks: 9
- Swimming Pool Park: 10.8 mi
- Bruegger Centennial Park: 11.1 mi
- C C Recreation Complex: 11.2 mi
- Fjeseth Field: 22.6 mi
- Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area: 24.3 mi
Peaks: 9
- Three Buttes: 12.0 mi
- Haystack Butte: 12.2 mi
- Blue Hill: 13.4 mi
- Lone Butte: 14.4 mi
- Twomile Hill: 14.7 mi
Museums: 5
- Culbertson Museum: 11.9 mi
- Poplar Museum: 23.2 mi
- Fort Peck Tribal Museum: 23.9 mi
- Poplar Museum: 24.1 mi
- Historical Society Museum: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Balls Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Mortarstone Bluff: 12.0 mi
- The Point: 14.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 17.3 mi
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Butte | SSW 194° | 835 m | 15.9 mi |
| Three Buttes | SSE 164° | 830 m | 21.6 mi |
| Blue Hill | ESE 114° | 801 m | 13.4 mi |
| Lone Butte | SE 136° | 784 m | 14.4 mi |
| Three Buttes | E 90° | 765 m | 12.0 mi |
| Haystack Butte | W 272° | 734 m | 12.2 mi |
| Antelope Butte | E 98° | 728 m | 20.9 mi |
| Sugar Top Hill | NE 42° | 695 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:14 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:15 | 16:09 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culbertson, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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