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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,373 m. Red Mountain stands 2,866 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Blackfoot Historical Society Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates46.95322, -112.75598
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Long Point: 1.6 mi
  • Shirley Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Black Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Kershaw Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Stonewall Mountain: 6.7 mi
Parks: 4
  • Linxoln Community River Park: 3.7 mi
  • Hooper State Park: 4.0 mi
  • Blackfoot Pathways: Sculptures in the Wild: 4.5 mi
  • Copenhaver Park: 15.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Dana Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Crazy Horse Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Polly Spring: 22.6 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Aspen Grove Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • North Fork Falls: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of BLM. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainN 4°2,866 m11.3 mi
Olson PeakN 359°2,690 m18.2 mi
Caribou PeakNNE 28°2,663 m18.4 mi
Pyramid PeakN 2°2,647 m16.8 mi
Galusha PeakN 355°2,592 m17.6 mi
Echo MountainNNW 331°2,554 m12.0 mi
Lake MountainNW 326°2,544 m17.9 mi
Daly PeakNNW 334°2,530 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0419:44
June solstice05:3720:4321:30
September equinox07:1918:5019:31
December solstice08:1515:5316:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533404856636153423022
Precip in1.52.31.31.52.02.60.81.01.31.61.31.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln RS, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186902024

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