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Glacier National Park
Visitor Information
Aerial photo from helicopter tour by
Jenie Woehler of
Historic Tamarack Lodge.
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Highest
Point
Mount Cleveland, 10,448 feet
Location
Glacier National Park is in northwestern
Montana and adjoins its neighbor, the Waterton Lakes National
Park in Alberta, Canada, to form the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park,
a
world first.
Park Information
Write to: Superintendent, Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT. Phone: 406-888-7800.
You will find more information about Glacier National Park and related subjects of interest by visiting our page on "Visitor Information."
Getting to Glacier National Park
Road
Main routes in are from the
east or west via US 2, from the east via US 89, and from the south via US 93. The
primary route between Canada and America is Chief Mountain International Highway, which is
closed to winter travel.
Air
Glacier Park International
Airport is 25 miles west of West Glacier.
Services include Big Sky Airlines, Delta Airlines, Horizon Airlines, Northwest Airlines
and Holman Aviation (private charters). The airport at Great Falls is 197
miles east of West Glacier. Rental cars are available at both airports.
Buses
and Shuttles to the Park
Glacier Park
Inc. (GPI). Provides transportation to the Park from
Kalispell and Great Falls via private cars for individuals and buses for
groups. Phone: 406-226-9311; Off-season: 602-207-6000.
The following transportation companies also provide shuttles or taxi service from Kalispell.
Flathead Glacier Transportation. Kalispell, MT. Phone: 406-892-390; Toll-free: 1-800-829-7039.
Kalispell Taxi and Glacier Taxi. 135 Rimrock Court, Kalispell, MT 59901. Phone: 406-752-7433. E-mail
Rail
The daily Amtrak passenger
service the
Empire Builder,
which runs
between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, follows along the southern boundary of
Glacier National Park. It stops at East Glacier (Glacier Park Station,
summer only), West Glacier (Belton Station), Essex and Whitefish.
Rental Cars
Rental cars
are available in the nearby communities of Browning,
Columbia
Falls, Essex, East
glacier, West
Glacier, Great
Falls, Kalispell,
Whitefish,
Lethbridge, and Calgary.
Getting Around Within the Park
GPI park shuttles operate from one lodge to another. These shuttles take time, however, because of their many stops. Also, some shuttles may require a minimum number of passengers before they travel at all. Therefore you may want to inquire ahead of time by calling GPI at 406-226-9311 (May to October), or, 602-207-6000 (October to May).
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Easy Day Hikes: Glacier and Waterton Lakes. by Erik Molvar.
Paperback, 2nd. Edition, 112 pages. Features concise descriptions and
easy-to-follow maps for twenty-eight short hikes through some of the
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National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park: A Complete Recreation
Guide. by Vicky Spring, Tom Kirkendall. March 1994, Mountaineers Book, 1st
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Glacier National Park (Moon Handbooks) by Becky Lomax. Written by a local hiking guide whose
love affair with the park spans decades. From hiking through multi-color meadows
filled with wildflowers to observing the Sperry Glacier, a victim of global
warming that will vanish in less than two decades, Lomax knows the best ways
to enjoy the park’s one million acres of wilderness. Becky's travel strategies include One Day in Glacier, The Glacier Smorgasbord, Wildlife Watching, Getting Away From it All, Wildflower
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