Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley
Things to see in Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley
20 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.
West Glacier · National Parks
Apgar Village
Glacier's west-side hub at the foot of Lake McDonald, open even in winter
Columbia Falls · National Parks
Bowman Lake and Polebridge
Glacier's remote North Fork: gravel roads, an off-grid village and a 7-mile mountain lake
Kalispell · Museums
Conrad Mansion Museum
Kalispell founder's 1895 Kirtland Cutter mansion, with most original contents intact
Polson · Scenic Drives
CSKT Bison Range
About 350 bison on tribal land, seen from the 19-mile Red Sleep and Prairie drives
St. Mary · National Parks
Grinnell Glacier Trail
A 5-mile climb from Many Glacier to one of the park's best-known shrinking glaciers
Bigfork · Hiking Trails
Jewel Basin Hiking Area
Foot-only high country above Bigfork: 27 lakes and 35 miles of trail
Whitefish · Outdoor Recreation
Whitefish Lake State Park
Small lakeside campground and boat launch on Whitefish Lake, with trains rolling past
St. Mary · National Parks
Hidden Lake Overlook Trail
A 1.3-mile boardwalk climb from Logan Pass to a view over Hidden Lake
West Glacier · National Parks
Glacier National Park
A million acres of glacier-carved peaks on the Canadian border, open all year
St. Mary · National Parks
Logan Pass
The Continental Divide at 6,646 feet, with mountain goats and the Highline Trail
West Glacier · Historic Sites
Going-to-the-Sun Road
The 50-mile 1930s road that crosses Glacier's Continental Divide at Logan Pass
St. Mary · National Parks
Many Glacier
Lakes, peaks and a 1915 Swiss-chalet hotel in the valley many call Glacier's best