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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 636 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the south, 22 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.27473, -104.60541
Around it

91 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 47
Parks: 24
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 10.7 mi
  • Penninger Park: 11.6 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 11.7 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 11.9 mi
  • Lloyd Square Park: 12.0 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Glendive Butte: 9.0 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 9.1 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 9.5 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 13.1 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 15.7 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 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
Blue MountainS 178°904 m21.9 mi
Blue MountainE 93°878 m20.5 mi
Four ButtesESE 122°864 m22.5 mi
Twin ButtesWNW 282°847 m16.7 mi
Glendive ButteWSW 239°802 m9.0 mi
Cluster ButtesSE 124°779 m14.1 mi
Lindberg HillENE 61°770 m24.0 mi
BeehiveE 82°748 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0320:1120:59
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4315:1916:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214340

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