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US BOR

US BOR from directly overhead

US BOR is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 607 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.25927, -104.52614
Around it

102 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 49
Parks: 28
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 11.7 mi
  • Penninger Park: 12.8 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 13.0 mi
  • Perham Field: 13.1 mi
  • Lloyd Square Park: 13.1 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Bryants Buttes: 9.7 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 10.5 mi
  • Custers Lookout: 11.1 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 12.0 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 13.9 mi
Museums: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 11.6 mi
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 11.6 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of US BOR. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainS 189°904 m21.0 mi
Blue MountainE 90°878 m16.8 mi
Four ButtesSE 125°864 m18.8 mi
Twin ButtesWNW 283°847 m20.6 mi
Glendive ButteWSW 253°802 m12.0 mi
Cluster ButtesSE 130°779 m10.5 mi
Lindberg HillNE 54°770 m21.4 mi
Bull ButteNE 53°756 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice05:0320:1120:59
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:4315:1916:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900126

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