Glacier National Park, MT


  • Type: Natural Environ

Crown of the Continent

Come and experience Glacier's pristine forests, alpine meadows, rugged mountains, and spectacular lakes. With over 700 miles of trails, Glacier is a hiker's paradise for adventurous visitors seeking wilderness and solitude. Relive the days of old through historic chalets, lodges, transportation, and stories of Native Americans. Explore Glacier National Park and discover what awaits you. - NPS


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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Anton Schoenberger Homestead
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie
Apgar Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Near Lake McDonald
Apgar's Glacier Park Cottage Sites Historic District
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E side of Grist Rd Lake McDonald, W shore
Beck, Alice, Cabin
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  • NRHP
Kelly's Camp Rd S of Kelly's Camp Rd, E of McDonald Creek
Belly River Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Head of Belly River Valley
Belton Chalets
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  • NRHP
US 2
Blair's Cottage Sites Historic District
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S side of Grist Rd Lake McDonald, S end
Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
Bowman Lake Rd Bowman Lake, lower end, half mi E of Bowman Lake Ranger Station
Bowman Lake Road
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  • NRHP
Bowman Lake Rd North Fork drainage, between Polebridge and Bowman ranger stations
Bull Head Lodge and Studio
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  • NRHP
Going-to-the-Sun-Rd Off Going-to-the-Sun-Rd
Cattle Queen Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
McDonald Subdistrict
Charlie Schoenberger Homestead
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie
Chief Mountain Border Station and Quarters
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  • NRHP
MT 17 US - Canadian Border, Belly River
Coal Creek Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
US 2
Cut Bank Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
N side Cut Bank Creek, Glacier NP
East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
MT 49 0.75 mi N of East Glacier Park
Fielding Snowshoe Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
US 2 Off US 2
Fish Creek Bay Boathouse
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Fish Creek Campground
Ford Creek Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
Rt 7
Glacier National Park Tourist Trails-Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle
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  • NRHP
Inside Trail, South Circle and North Circle Trails Various
Goathaunt Bunkhouse
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  • NRHP
S end of Waterton Lake
Going-to-the-Sun Road
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  • US NHL
Going-to-the-Sun Rd
Granite Park Chalet
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Highline Trail and Loop Trail Hike 7.6 mil Highline Trail from Logan Pass Visitor Center, 4 mi Loop Trail or 7.5 mi Swiftcurrent Trail
Greve's Tourist Cabins
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  • NRHP
W side of Going-to-the-Sun Rd
Gunsight Pass Shelter
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  • NRHP
Jct of Gunsight Pass Trail and the Continental Divide
Harrison Lake Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
US 2
Headquarters Historic District
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  • NRHP
E of Glacier Rt 1 At crossing of Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Glacier NP
Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Mount Cannon
Howes' Lake McDonald Cottage Sites Historic District
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  • NRHP
N side of Apgar Loop Rd
Huckleberry Fire Outlook
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  • NRHP
Summit of Huckleberry Mt
J K Miller Homestead
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie
Johnnie Walsh Homestead
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie
Kelly's Camp Historic District
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S of Kelly's Camp Rd Between Kelly's Creek and by S of cabins
Kintla Lake Ranger Station
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  • NRHP
Kintla Lake, S shore
Kishenehn Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
3 mi S of Canadian-US border near the intersection of the N Fork of the Flathead River and Kishenehn Creek
Kootenai Creek Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
Along Kootenai Creek
Lake McDonald
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  • 1001 Nt
Lake McDonald Lodge
  • Lodging
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • Lodges
Going to the Sun Rd Lake McDonald, N end
Lake McDonald Lodge Coffee Shop
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  • NRHP
Lake McDonald Lodge Blvd
Lake McDonald Lodge Historic District
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  • NRHP
Lee Creek Snowshoe Cabin
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Belly River
Lewis's Cabin Lots Historic District
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NE of Lake McDonald Lodge on shoreline
Lincoln Creek Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
US 2
Logan Creek Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
E side of Going-to-the-Sun Hwy at Logan Creek crossing
Logan Pass Visitor Center
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  • NRHP
Going-to-the-Sun Rd 18 mi W of US 89
Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Glacier Rt 7 Near Logging Creek
Loneman Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Access via Loneman Mountain Trail
Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse
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  • NRHP
Near foot of Logging Lake
Lower Nyack Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
W side of Nyack Creek Trail
Lower Park Creek Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
E side of Park Creek Trail past crossing of fielding-Coal Creek Trail
Many Glacier Barn and Bunkhouse
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  • NRHP
Many Glacier Rd Apikuni flat
Many Glacier Campground Camptender's Cabin
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  • NRHP
Many Glacier Hotel
  • Lodging
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • Lodges
Many Glacier Rd Swiftcurrent Lake
Margaret McCarthy Homestead
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie
McCarthy Homestead Cabin
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  • NRHP
On the N Fork of the Flathead River
Middle Fork Bridge
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Across Middle Fork of Flathead River
Mount Brown Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Rt 1 near Snyder Lake Off Rt 1 near Snyder Lake
North Fork Road
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  • NRHP
North Fork drainage, fish Creek to Kintla Lake
Numa Ridge Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Near Bowman Lake
Nyack Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Nyack Ranger Station
Pass Creek Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
Confluence of Waterton River and Pass Creek
Polebridge Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Near the NE end of Henshaw Bridge on Rte. 7
Polebridge to Numa Ridge Phoneline
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  • NRHP
North Fork drainage, Polebridge to Numa Ridge, Glacier NP
Ptarmigan Tunnel
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  • NRHP
N of Ptarmigan Lake
Quartz Lake Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
Quartz Lake, foot of
Rising Sun Auto Camp
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  • NRHP
Going-to-the-Sun Rd
Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin
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  • NRHP
N of Going-to-the-Sun Rd At St Mary Lake
Saint Mary Ranger Station
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  • NRHP
E end of Upper Saint Mary Lake
Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stations
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  • NRHP
Going-to-the-Sun Rd 5 mi E of US 89
Scalplock Mountain Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Accessible by trail connecting to Boundary Trail near Walton Ranger Station
Sherburne Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Glacier Rt 3 Near Glacier Entrance
Sherwood Lodge
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  • NRHP
Grist Rd
Skyland Camp-Bowman Lake Ranger Station
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  • NRHP
Bowman Lake Rd Bowman Lake, SW shore
Slide Lake-Otatso Creek Patrol Cabin and Woodshed
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  • NRHP
N side of Otatso Creek
Sperry Chalets
  • Lodging
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • Lodges
End of Sperry Trail, 6.7 mi strenuous hike from Lake McDonald Lodge
St Mary Lake
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  • 1001 Nt
St Mary Utility Area Historic District
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  • NRHP
Divide Creek, E of St Mary
Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin
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  • NRHP
Going-to-the-Sun Rd
Swanson Boathouse
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  • NRHP
E shore of Two Medicine Lake
Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District
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  • NRHP
W end of Glacier Rd
Swiftcurrent Fire Lookout
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  • NRHP
Near the Continental Garden Wall in vicinity of Swiftcurrent Mountain
Swiftcurrent Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Many Glacier Rd Swiftcurrent Lake
Two Medicine Campground Camptender's Cabin
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  • NRHP
Two Medicine Lake
Two Medicine General Store
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Two Medicine Lake
Upper Kintla Lake Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
Head of Kintla Lake
Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
Lake McDonald, N shore
Upper Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
Near head of Logging Lake
Upper Nyack Snowshoe Cabin
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  • NRHP
N side of Nyack Creek
Upper Park Creek Patrol Cabin
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  • NRHP
Jct of Park Creek and Two Medicine Pass Trails
Walsh's, Johnnie, Guest Lodge
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie
Walsh, Thomas J, Lodge
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  • NRHP
Upper Lake McDonald
Walton Ranger Station Historic District
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  • NRHP
US 2 near Essex
West Entrance Station
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  • NRHP
Going-to-the-Sun Rd
Wheeler Camp (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)
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  • NRHP
North end of Lake McDonald
Wheeler, Burton and Lulu, Cabin
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  • NRHP
Lake McDonald
William Raftery Homestead
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  • NRHP
Inside North Fork Rd Big Prairie

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1910/05/11 President Taft signs the bill establishing Glacier National Park.
1911/00/00 Louis W Hill Developer Louis Hill begins a project of building a series of hotels, chalets and public services within the new Glacier National Park.
1921/00/00 Mary Roberts Rinehart Life Mary Roberts Rinehart lunches after a morning's trouting on Flathead River, Glacier National Park, circa 1921.
1922/00/00 Helena Huntington Smith Visiter A wealthy aunt, she always called her an aunt, although she is actually a cousin of some kind, takes Helena on a trip to Glacier National Park not long after she graduated from college.

Geography »

Physiography
Physiographic feature Glacier

Data »

Particulars for Glacier National Park, MT:
Physiographic Mountainous
Locale Type Natural Environ
Locale Type Nature Reserve



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
East Glacier Place
Lake McDonald Area Place
Many Glacier Place
North Fork Place
St Mary Place
West Glacier Place

Creative Works »


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