Nature reserve · Montana

BLM

BLM from directly overhead

BLM is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 894 m. Echo Butte stands 1,218 m to the north, 23 miles off. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates47.65391, -109.57932

11.4 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway

Around it

92 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves49

BLM: 1.4 mi
BLM: 1.8 mi
BLM: 3.2 mi
BLM: 5.2 mi
BLM: 5.2 mi

Peaks29

Seventynine Hill: 2.7 mi
Reed Hill: 3.1 mi
Oil Well Hill: 5.0 mi
Clagget Hill: 5.1 mi
The Peak: 7.3 mi

Springs9

Nelson Springs: 7.3 mi
Cow Camp Spring: 8.0 mi
Shake Spring: 10.1 mi
Bear Springs: 11.6 mi
Cottonwood Spring: 14.1 mi

Parks2

Judith Landing Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 6.8 mi

Waterfalls1

Wolf Creek Falls: 9.3 mi

Cliffs1

The Wall: 10.1 mi

Museums1

Winifred Museum: 11.4 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
Echo Butte	N 8°	1,218 m	22.5 mi
Sheepherder Peak	SE 145°	1,203 m	23.1 mi
Saddle Rock	NNE 16°	1,202 m	23.6 mi
Seventytwo Hills	S 183°	1,165 m	22.7 mi
Twin Buttes	SSW 198°	1,097 m	16.7 mi
Woodhawk Hill	ENE 76°	1,074 m	17.7 mi
Cherry Top	W 261°	1,071 m	9.8 mi
Black Butte	SSW 213°	1,061 m	14.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:50	19:31
June solstice	05:21	20:32	21:21
September equinox	07:06	18:37	19:18
December solstice	08:05	15:37	16:30

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	21	24	34	43	52	61	69	68	57	44	33	24
Precip in	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.5	2.8	3.3	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.3	0.6	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winifred, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186898238

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