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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 631 m. Bald Butte stands 800 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 5.8 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 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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Coordinates47.97471, -105.64373
Around it

80 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 52
Parks: 11
  • Firehall Park: 7.9 mi
  • Firehall Park: 7.9 mi
  • Wolf Point Historical Marker: 8.0 mi
  • Bridge Park: 8.1 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Park: 8.1 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Three Buttes: 17.4 mi
  • Maxwell Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Lytle Hill: 20.5 mi
  • Big Butte: 20.9 mi
  • Vanderhoof Hill: 22.0 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 1
  • Wolf Point Stampede Grounds: 8.1 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald ButteWSW 250°800 m22.6 mi
Willis ButtesWSW 245°789 m22.6 mi
Big ButteWSW 247°778 m20.9 mi
Lytle HillWSW 247°768 m20.5 mi
Rocky ButteWSW 242°762 m22.7 mi
Teton ButteWSW 248°759 m22.3 mi
Vanderhoof HillWSW 239°757 m22.0 mi
Corner ButteWSW 241°750 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3419:15
June solstice05:0420:1821:06
September equinox06:5018:2119:02
December solstice07:5015:1916:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162134465766737261473220
Precip in0.40.30.50.92.13.51.81.81.40.90.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf PT, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903439

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