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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 800 m. Red Top Butte stands 933 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 5.2 miles away. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.13347, -104.48828
Around it

112 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 56
Parks: 28
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 9.4 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 10.2 mi
  • Windham SQ park: 10.2 mi
  • Penninger Park: 10.3 mi
  • Perham Field: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Cluster Buttes: 6.5 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 6.9 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 10.2 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 11.3 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 13.1 mi
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 7.2 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 9.6 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 10.7 mi
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 9.8 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
Red Top ButteSE 141°933 m24.8 mi
Blue MountainSSW 202°904 m13.1 mi
Baird ButteSE 139°899 m21.6 mi
Jackrabbit ButteSE 140°898 m24.6 mi
Blue MountainENE 60°878 m17.4 mi
Four ButtesE 99°864 m13.7 mi
Horse PointSSE 147°862 m24.3 mi
Rattlesnake ButteSSW 196°817 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0320:1020:58
September equinox06:4518:1718:58
December solstice07:4215:1916:11

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786260

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