Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 856 m. Coal Hill stands 1,056 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Butte, a peak 0.7 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 10 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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Coordinates47.26756, -108.34275

29.4 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

BLM: 3.5 mi
BLM: 3.8 mi
BLM: 4.9 mi
State Trust: 5.1 mi
BLM: 5.8 mi

Peaks10

Dog Butte: 0.7 mi
Dovetail Butte: 10.0 mi
Haystack Butte: 10.1 mi
Tin Can Hill: 14.6 mi
Button Butte: 18.0 mi

Springs8

Parks3

George Ore Memorial Park: 18.2 mi
Jim Bartlett Field: 18.5 mi
Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 21.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Rocky Point: 23.9 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
Coal Hill	WNW 289°	1,056 m	22.1 mi
Haystack Butte	NW 312°	1,027 m	10.1 mi
Three Buttes	WSW 243°	1,023 m	20.2 mi
Dovetail Butte	NNE 20°	986 m	10.0 mi
Tin Can Hill	ESE 109°	927 m	14.6 mi
Sandage Buttes	E 99°	921 m	22.6 mi
Button Butte	NNW 335°	903 m	18.0 mi
Dog Butte	SE 132°	890 m	0.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:46	19:26
June solstice	05:18	20:26	21:14
September equinox	07:01	18:33	19:13
December solstice	07:58	15:34	16:26

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	20	23	33	43	53	62	70	69	58	44	32	22
Precip in	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.9	2.6	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186899673

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