Glacier National Park National Park Service
Park Headquarters
West Glacier, MT 59936
(406) 888-7800
(406) 888-7806 (TDD)
(406) 888-7808 (Fax)

Web site: www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm
E-mail: glac_information@nps.gov

The Apgar and St. Mary Visitor Centers provide gateway orientation for park visitors. Both have large relief maps of the park and exhibits relating to the geologic history and biological diversity found throughout the park. The St. Mary Visitor Center has an introductory slide program that is shown throughout the day.

The Logan Pass Visitor Center houses an alpine ecology exhibit. Displays enlighten park visitors to conditions encountered by plants and animals in the one third of Glacier that is above treeline.

Staff at the Many Glacier Ranger Station provide visitors with hiking and trail information as well as general information about the park.

Park Rangers at the Apgar, Logan Pass, and St. Mary Visitor Centers and the Many Glacier Ranger Station are on duty throughout the summer months to answer questions and provide information. At all four locations the Glacier Natural History Association operates bookstores which carry a wide variety of publications and maps.

Wayside exhibits along most park roads highlight specific features of interest to the park visitor.

Blackfeet, Salish, and Kootenai tribal members present special campfire talks on native life and culture at locations throughout the park. The St. Mary Visitor Center hosts weekly native dance troupes during July and August.

Food, Supplies, & Gifts

Groceries and gifts are available at:
Eddie's Campstore, The Cedar Tree, Schoolhouse Gifts, and the Montana House of Gifts at Apgar;
Lake McDonald Lodge Gift Shop and Lake McDonald Campstore at Lake McDonald;
Many Glacier Hotel Gift Shop and Swiftcurrent Campstore in the Many Glacier valley
Rising Sun Campstore & the Two Medicine Campstore.

Food service is available at:
Eddie's Restaurant and the Cedar Tree Deli in Apgar;
Cedar Dining Room and Russell's Trails End Family Restaurant at Lake McDonald;
Ptarmigan Dining Room at the Many Glacier Hotel and the Italian Garden Ristorante at Swiftcurrent in the Many Glacier valley;
and the Two Dog Flats Mesquite Grill at Rising Sun.

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