Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 971 m. Little Sheep Mountain stands 1,079 m to the southeast, 5.4 miles off. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 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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Coordinates46.94263, -105.86186

13.2 mi off the Big Sky Back Country Byway

Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves44

BLM: 3.1 mi
BLM: 4.4 mi
BLM: 6.0 mi
BLM: 6.1 mi
BLM: 7.0 mi

Peaks12

Little Sheep Mountain: 5.4 mi
Big Sheep Mountain: 9.5 mi
Chalk Butte: 11.8 mi
Chalk Butte: 12.4 mi
Bowgun Butte: 12.9 mi

Springs1

Mud Springs: 16.9 mi

Cliffs1

Devils Backbone: 24.7 mi

Parks1

Powder River Historical Marker: 24.9 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
Little Sheep Mountain	SE 144°	1,079 m	5.4 mi
Big Sheep Mountain	NE 44°	1,074 m	9.5 mi
Horse Creek Hill	SSW 197°	955 m	17.9 mi
Red Buttes	WSW 256°	924 m	22.5 mi
Chalk Butte	SW 236°	922 m	12.4 mi
Chalk Butte	NNW 338°	903 m	11.8 mi
Little Chalk Butte	W 266°	892 m	14.0 mi
Bowgun Butte	E 96°	889 m	12.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:07	18:36	19:16
June solstice	05:09	20:15	21:03
September equinox	06:51	18:23	19:03
December solstice	07:47	15:26	16:18

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	17	20	31	41	51	61	68	67	57	42	29	19
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.6	2.6	2.1	1.1	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terry 21 NNW, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214978

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