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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 856 m. Mount Antelope stands 1,050 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.38917, -105.24095
Around it

40 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 25
Peaks: 8
  • Crazy Butte: 5.5 mi
  • High Point: 6.6 mi
  • Woodworth Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Mount Antelope: 11.1 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 14.1 mi
Parks: 3
  • Circle Park: 16.3 mi
  • Circle Historical Marker: 16.5 mi
  • Ben Larson Park: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • McCone County Fairgrounds: 16.4 mi
  • Richey Rodeo Grounds: 19.0 mi
Museums: 2
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
Mount AntelopeSW 222°1,050 m11.1 mi
High PointSSW 202°1,015 m6.6 mi
Clay ButteNE 47°947 m18.8 mi
Lower SummitSW 229°891 m17.4 mi
Crazy ButteWSW 250°876 m5.5 mi
Twin ButtesESE 109°847 m14.1 mi
Stony Butte HillW 261°846 m24.7 mi
Woodworth HillWNW 302°818 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3319:14
June solstice05:0520:1421:02
September equinox06:4818:2019:01
December solstice07:4615:2116:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234455564727160463221
Precip in0.40.40.51.42.62.62.11.41.30.90.40.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Circle, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783792

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