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Glacier
National Park
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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 Airport Shuttle. Kalispell, MT. Phone: 406-752-2842.
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).
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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