Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 722 m. Black Butte stands 864 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.32983, -108.15295

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 1.1 mi
US BOR: 2.6 mi
State Trust: 3.2 mi
State Trust: 3.8 mi
State Trust: 4.1 mi

Parks7

Early Day Outlaws Historical Marker: 8.9 mi
Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
Riverview Park: 12.6 mi
Hillcrest Park: 13.0 mi
Trafton Park: 13.1 mi

Springs4

Lakeside Spring: 23.0 mi
Townsend Spring: 23.3 mi
Bebee Spring: 23.8 mi
Erphit Spring: 24.7 mi

Peaks3

Button Butte: 20.7 mi
Black Butte: 21.0 mi
Fanny Hill: 23.5 mi

Museums2

Great Plains Dinosaur Museum: 13.3 mi
Phillips County Museum: 13.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Wagner: 4.5 mi

Attractions1

Phillips County Fair Grounds: 6.4 mi

Historic sites1

Early Day Outlaws: 9.0 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
Black Butte	WSW 247°	864 m	21.0 mi
Fanny Hill	NE 47°	795 m	23.5 mi
Button Butte	SE 144°	755 m	20.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:44	19:25
June solstice	05:12	20:29	21:18
September equinox	07:00	18:31	19:12
December solstice	08:02	15:27	16:21

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	18	22	33	46	56	64	72	71	60	46	32	21
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.7	2.7	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.5

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898265

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