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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 618 m. Blue Mountain stands 878 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates47.32284, -104.41051

88 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 45
Parks: 24
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 18.6 mi
  • Penninger Park: 19.7 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 19.9 mi
  • Perham Field: 20.0 mi
  • Lloyd Square Park: 20.0 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Beehive: 8.9 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 11.5 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 12.2 mi
  • Lindberg Hill: 14.5 mi
  • The Pyramid: 16.2 mi
Museums: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 18.1 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 18.6 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 21.8 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
Blue MountainESE 111°878 m12.2 mi
Four ButtesSSE 147°864 m18.2 mi
Glendive ButteWSW 245°802 m18.6 mi
Cluster ButtesSSE 167°779 m11.5 mi
Lindberg HillNE 55°770 m14.5 mi
Bull ButteNE 54°756 m18.0 mi
BeehiveE 96°748 m8.9 mi
Bryants ButtesSW 220°742 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:10
June solstice05:0220:1120:59
September equinox06:4518:1718:57
December solstice07:4315:1816:10

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465766737161473221
Precip in0.40.30.51.32.62.82.31.51.51.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savage, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785555

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