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Things to do in Glacier National Park, Glacier National Park: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Known as the Crown of the Continent, Glacier National Park encompasses more than one million acres of terrain. Explore glacial-carved mountain peaks and valleys, cascading waterfalls and the iconic Going-to-the-Sun Road, which runs through the heart of the park and crests the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. The park is open year-round and offers sightseeing, wildlife watching, fall foliage, boating, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, bicycling, fine dining and luxury accommodations.
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1. Garden Wall
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5.0 based on 82 reviews
Ridge along a mountain trail.
Reviewed By MaryEllenM27 - Kalispell, United States
The Garden Wall is also known as the 7 mile long Alpine Section on the West side Going to the Sun Road. It has stunning views and parking turnouts...some small and others quite large. There are many extra waterfalls early in the season and the iconic Weeping Wall runs so full you can drive under the water or walk under it for photos. In late June/early July there will be areas with remaining snow drifts the higher you drive approaching Logan Pass. There will also be remaining snow-bridges with waterfalls rushing beneath them. Those are gorgeous but extremely dangerous to walk out onto for photos...just don't do that. In the Summer the Garden Wall is full of wildflowers of all kinds...including the broad spherical white Cow Parsley, Indian Paintbrush, perennial geranium, the blue or lavender Penstemon, & small white daisy like flowers. At the Big Bend area where the largest parking area is located, you will see fields of purple Fireweed and/or the tall white spikes of the famous Bear Grass. In the Fall the foliage above and below the road is a carpet of various colors with a background of the nice clear blue sky. Fall wildflowers at that time of year include Indian Paintbrush, Aster and Gallardia.
2. Going-to-the-Sun Road
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5.0 based on 3,120 reviews
A spectacular and scenic 52-mile highway through Glacier National Park, which crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass in Montana.
Reviewed By rdburrows
Every part of this drive is beautiful and breathtaking!!! Take your time and enjoy it!! Way to many people get in a hurry!! Enjoy the pull offs and take in the views!! Get out of the vehicle and take it all in!! We chose to drive on our own that way we could go at our own pace!!! We went the end of June and it was the first week that the full road had been open!! So glad we got to experience it!! We decided to drive east to west to avoid all the traffic coming into from the West!!
3. Deadwood Falls
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Big Drift
5. Haystack Creek Culvert
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By MaryEllenM27 - Kalispell, United States
If you drive the Going to the Sun Road, you will see this culvert. Probably not because you notice "it" exactly, but because a gorgeous waterfall cascades over layered rock from far above, and eventually flows beneath it. From the road culvert the water then drops breathtaking distances into the valley below where it runs into McDonald Creek which you had driven along on the way up if you started in Apgar. To build this road so it did not interfere with the stair-stepped falls and still build a tricky road across it was a true engineering feat that still amazes engineers today. The Haystack Creek Culvert is one of seventeen prominent stone-masonry structures on Going-to-the-Sun Road. The 50-mile stretch of scenic road is significant as a stellar engineering feat. It was part of the first 1925 cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads. === The Haystack Falls by itself is a photographic highlight of the Alpine Section of road between the Loop and Logan Pass. There is parking nearby. Its a popular place to CAREFULLY walk up along its sides...particularly when the mists from it cool off a hot day. But its also dangerous...so watch the kids...those damp rocks are slippery and you can fall onto jagged rock below as far as 100' down depending on where you slip. There are more deaths near water features in the park than any other factor.
6. Jackson Glacier Overlook
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4.5 based on 84 reviews
Reviewed By robbygc - Toronto, Canada
The Jackson Glacier Overlook, Glacier National Park, show one of the glacier. It is gorgeous. The trees and mountains made it even more beautiful! Sad news: Every glacier is shrinking. In the past they had hundred glaciers in 1910. There are only 35 glaciers left over. I enjoyed looking at it and at the same time, I wonder what will happen with the glaciers?
7. Logan Creek Bridge
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4.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By robbygc - Toronto, Canada
The Logan Creek Bridge spans to Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier. First we visited the river and then we drove over the Logan Greek Bridge. This is the oldest bridge in Glacier National Park. It was built in 1926-1927. We even met painters on the road. That was cool! A must see!
