Glacier National Park

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Glacier National Park:

HISTORY OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

  • Established as a park on May 11, 1910.
  • Established as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in 1932.
  • Going- to- the-Sun Road completed in 1932.
  • Established as an International Biosphere Reserve, 1974.
  • Waterton Lakes National Park established in 1895.
  • Established as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
  • World Heritage Site, 1995.

WATER IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

  • Number of lakes: 653
  • Acres of lakes: 27,023
  • Miles of shoreline: 392
  • Largest lake: Lake McDonald (10 miles long; 6,680 wide; 440' deep; 6823 acres)
  • Number of streams: 563
  • Total length of streams: 1,606 miles
  • Longest stream: Upper McDonald Creek (25.8 miles)

LAND IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

  • Acreage: 1,013,594 acres...500+ in private ownership
  • Square miles: 1,583
  • Miles of exterior boundary: 205
  • Shared with Waterton National Park: 21 miles
  • Shared with British Columbia: 31 miles
  • Shared with U.S. Forest Service: 130 miles
  • Acres of defacto wilderness: 963,155...or 1,489.3 sq. miles
  • Acreage in Hudson Bay District:
  • Belly River: 162,766
  • Many Glacier: 211,610
  • St. Mary: 94,463
  • Two Medicine: 72,320
  • Acreage in West Lakes District:North Fork: 240,234Lake McDonald: 178,890Walton: 195,612
  • Elevation at Logan Pass: 6,646 feet
  • Number of mountains: 175
  • Highest mountain: 10,448 ft...Mt. Cleveland
  • Number of glaciers: 37 named; all shrinking in size
  • Largest glacier: Blackfoot Glacier - .7 sq. miles

FACILITIES IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

  • Number Class A campgrounds: 8, with 943 sites
  • Number Class B campgrounds: 5, with 61 sites
  • Number of trails: 151; total length - 743.3 miles
  • Miles of Continental Divide Trail in Glacier: 106
  • Wheelchair accessible walkways and corduroyTrail of the Cedars (.3 mile...1,584 feet)Logan Pass Boardwalk (2,300 feet)Oberlin Bend OverlookRunning Eagle Nature Trail
  • Number backcountry campgrounds: 61, with 208 sites
  • Miles paved bicycle path: 2 miles...Apgar to West Glacier/HQ
  • Number designated picnic areas: 8...with 175 sites
  • Number of (‘snowshoe’) patrol cabins: 30
  • Number of visitor contact stations: 4
  • Number of boat access points: 6

PLANTS AND ANIMALS  IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

  • Number of fish species : 22...10 sport and 12 non- sport

  • Number of species of animals: 57...from mice to moose

  • Number of species of birds: 210 documented

  • Number of species of plants: 1,200 documented

 CONTACT INFORMATION AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK:

By Mail
Glacier National Park
Park Headquarters
PO Box 128
West Glacier, MT 59936

 

Internet Website:

http://www.nps.gov/glac/

By Phone
Visitor Information
(406) 888-7800
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD)
(406) 888-7806

By Fax
406-888-7808

 

"Glacier National Park Press Kit." Glacier National Park. National Park Service. 30 Jan 2008                                                                           <http://www.nps.gov/archive/glac/pdf/press_FactSheet.pdf>.