Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 735 m. Bonhoff Butte stands 856 m to the southwest, 10.0 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 21 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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Coordinates47.75083, -105.89318

18.6 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 2.4 mi
BLM: 2.8 mi
BLM: 5.0 mi
BLM: 5.4 mi
BLM: 7.2 mi

Peaks21

Vanderhoof Hill: 8.3 mi
Corner Butte: 9.4 mi
Rocky Butte: 9.5 mi
Bonhoff Butte: 10.0 mi
Lytle Hill: 10.3 mi

Parks5

McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
Rock Creek State Park: 18.4 mi
Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 20.4 mi
In Memoriam Historical Marker: 22.4 mi
Bear Creek Recreation Area: 23.3 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
Bonhoff Butte	SW 231°	856 m	10.0 mi
McDonald Butte	SSW 203°	847 m	18.8 mi
Little Heaven	S 184°	846 m	14.3 mi
Coal Hill	NW 310°	844 m	21.3 mi
Devils Table Rock	SSW 208°	838 m	16.2 mi
Cobb Hill	SSW 208°	838 m	23.2 mi
Goat Mountain	WNW 295°	810 m	15.4 mi
Westland Hill	WNW 299°	809 m	15.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:36	19:16
June solstice	05:06	20:18	21:06
September equinox	06:51	18:23	19:03
December solstice	07:50	15:21	16:15

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	16	19	32	44	55	63	71	70	59	45	30	19
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5	2.9	2.1	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vida 6 NE, 26 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186903449

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