Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 963 m. Mission Peak stands 1,680 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Reppe Butte, a peak 2.0 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway runs past it. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates47.72102, -109.05052

On the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway

Around it

95 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves54

State Trust: 4.4 mi
State Trust: 4.8 mi
State Trust: 4.8 mi
Sturgeon Island: 5.6 mi
State Trust: 6.6 mi

Peaks28

Reppe Butte: 2.0 mi
White Horse Butte: 5.1 mi
Woodhawk Hill: 7.4 mi
Bald Butte: 9.2 mi
Black Butte: 10.2 mi

Springs9

Bow Spring: 2.7 mi
Hart Spring: 3.5 mi
Lewis Spring: 5.9 mi
Linder Spring: 5.9 mi
Sulphur Spring: 8.1 mi

Parks2

Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 18.1 mi
Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 20.8 mi

Attractions1

Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 5.9 mi

Museums1

Winifred Museum: 18.9 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
Mission Peak	NE 55°	1,680 m	24.1 mi
Silver Peak	ENE 62°	1,664 m	24.6 mi
Gold Bug Butte	ENE 56°	1,660 m	24.4 mi
Eagle Child Mountain	NE 50°	1,587 m	22.1 mi
Indian Peak	NE 55°	1,553 m	22.7 mi
Sugar Loaf Butte	ENE 60°	1,490 m	23.5 mi
Damon Hill	NE 53°	1,444 m	24.4 mi
Damon Hill	NE 54°	1,426 m	24.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:48	19:29
June solstice	05:19	20:30	21:19
September equinox	07:04	18:35	19:16
December solstice	08:03	15:34	16:27

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	21	24	33	44	54	62	71	69	59	46	33	22

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sand Creek, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783718

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