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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 823 m. Crown Butte stands 1,086 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 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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Coordinates47.25440, -106.90117
Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 49
Peaks: 22
  • Pikes Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Darby Buttes: 6.5 mi
  • Smoky Butte: 10.1 mi
  • Castle Butte: 12.2 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 14.3 mi
Springs: 15
Parks: 6
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 3.7 mi
  • Woodland Park: 4.4 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 4.5 mi
  • Willems Park: 4.5 mi
  • Panwitz Park: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
Museums: 1
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
Crown ButteSSW 207°1,086 m24.8 mi
Mother ButteS 184°1,047 m21.3 mi
Fig MountainSSW 201°1,045 m15.4 mi
Joe Ott ButteSSW 211°1,011 m17.9 mi
Blazier ButteSSW 196°1,003 m21.7 mi
Twin ButtesWSW 256°1,000 m23.9 mi
Adams Rocky ButteW 264°967 m21.0 mi
Boslough ButteWSW 258°966 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1220:2021:08
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5215:2816:21

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172132435363716958443120
Precip in0.30.30.51.42.22.71.71.31.11.20.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786512

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