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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 824 m. Shell Butte stands 1,735 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates47.92203, -108.03636

75 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 53
Peaks: 19
  • Button Butte: 13.2 mi
  • Coburn Butte: 15.4 mi
  • Ricker Butte: 16.6 mi
  • Travois Butte: 18.9 mi
  • Sharette Butte: 19.2 mi
Parks: 3
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 22.1 mi
  • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge: 22.9 mi
  • Fourchette Creek Recreation Area: 24.7 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shell ButteW 273°1,735 m23.9 mi
Old Scraggy PeakW 273°1,731 m22.8 mi
Beaver MountainW 277°1,689 m23.0 mi
Green MountainW 276°1,673 m24.0 mi
Saddle ButteW 265°1,570 m23.4 mi
Coming Day ButteW 281°1,521 m21.4 mi
Bear MountainW 273°1,456 m20.2 mi
Travois ButteWNW 282°1,425 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1420:2721:16
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice08:0015:2916:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182132435363706958443121
Precip in0.30.20.51.12.42.71.91.21.11.00.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta 35 S, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898231

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