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BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 817 m. Saddle Butte stands 1,570 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 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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Coordinates47.71700, -108.09486
Around it

55 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 31
Peaks: 18
  • Coburn Butte: 17.3 mi
  • Mickey Butte: 17.3 mi
  • Brandon Butte: 17.9 mi
  • Ricker Butte: 18.0 mi
  • Sharette Butte: 19.9 mi
Parks: 5
  • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge: 11.6 mi
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 14.2 mi
  • Fourchette Creek Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
  • Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
  • Devils Creek State Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 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
Saddle ButteWNW 301°1,570 m23.9 mi
Bear MountainNW 311°1,456 m23.0 mi
Travois ButteNW 319°1,425 m23.9 mi
Whitcomb ButteNW 304°1,363 m24.1 mi
Spring Park ButteNW 308°1,346 m23.1 mi
Sharette ButteNW 305°1,235 m19.9 mi
Ricker ButteNW 311°1,211 m18.0 mi
Coburn ButteNW 314°1,154 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1520:2721:15
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice07:5915:3016:23

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182132435363706958443121
Precip in0.30.20.51.12.42.71.91.21.11.00.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malta 35 S, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783100

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