What Is Glacier National Park?
Glacier National Park preserves the high mountain ecosystems of the Montana Rockies and is part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park!
What Makes It Beautiful?
While Glacier National Park was founded with 100 mountain glaciers, it’s soon going to lose its namesake ice! So what’s left behind to enjoy? There are still high mountain lakes like Lake McDonald and St. Mary’s Lake, gorgeous turquoise waterways like Avalanche Creek, and of course, the rugged peaks surrounding the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road!
Glacier is a park anyone can enjoy, whether they’d just like to sit lakeside with a huckleberry ice cream cone or trek to North America’s hydrological apex, Triple Divide Peak, whose runoff flows into three different oceans! It’s a place of beginnings and endings, of danger and survival, a jewel of the Treasure State!
How Can I #HelpTheHelpers?
- Pay the entrance fee to help maintain trails, signs, structures, and other visitor services!
- Volunteer at Glacier National Park!
- Donate to the Glacier National Park Conservancy!
- Be a responsible visitor! Remember the old adages: Pack out what you pack in! Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints!
How Do I Get There?
Many Glacier Entrance:
- Route 3
7.7 mi W of Babb, MT 59411
St. Mary Entrance:
- Going-to-the-Sun Road
0.7 mi W of St. Mary, MT 59411
Two Medicine Entrance:
- 2 Medicine Road
4.2 mi NW of MT-49
East Glacier Park, MT 59434
West Glacier Entrance:
- Going-to-the-Sun Road
0.3 mi N of West Glacier, MT 59936
Polebridge Entrance:
- 714 Glacier Dr
Polebridge, MT 59928
When Should I Visit the Park?
To make the most of your experience in Glacier National Park, you’ll want to visit between May and September. Sure, there are probably going to be more people, but the visitor centers will be open, and most importantly, Going-to-the-Sun Road will be open during those warmer months!
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