Glacier National Park
At Your Fingertips
General information
  Glacier (406) 888-7800 http://www.nps.gov/glac
  Waterton (403) 859-5133 http://www.pc.gc.ca/waterton
Emergencies
  Glacier 911
  Waterton (403) 859-2636
Emergency Road Service
  Glacier (406) 888-7800
  Waterton (403) 859-2266
Glacier Lodging Reservations
  Glacier Park, Inc. (406) 892-2525 http://www.glacierparkinc.com
  Granite Park Chalet (888) 345-2649 http://www.graniteparkchalet.com/granite.html
  Sperry Chalet (888) 345-2649 http://www.sperrychalet.com/menu.html
Boat Tours (406) 257-2426 http://www.montanaweb.com/gpboats
  Waterton (summer) (403) 859-2362 http://www.watertoncruise.com
Horseback Riding—Glacier http://www.mule-shoe.com
  Many Glacier (406) 732-4203
  Lake McDonald (406) 888-5121
    (in winter) (928) 684-2328
  Waterton Lakes (403) 859-2462
American Indian Visitor Information
  Blackfeet Nation (406) 338-7406
  The People's Center (406) 675-0160
Glacier In Depth
- Glacier National Park (part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park)
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- At Your Fingertips
- Bears
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- Continental Divide Trail
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- Going to the Sun Road
- Highlights
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- Huckleberries
- If You Only Have a Day
- In A Nutshell
- Just For Kids
- Leave No Trace
- Lodging & Dining
- Montana's American Indians
- Oh, Ranger!
- Park Regulations
- Preserving The Parks
- Sights To See
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- Welcome
- Who's Who
- Glacier Map
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- Recent Glacier News
News from the Parks
December 2, 2008 - 1:03pm
For students of astronomy, Sunday and Monday night is the equivalent of a World Cup Final, a new Mac operating system, and a Zeppelin reunion show all rolled into one. That’s because, as Horizons guest blogger Pete Spotts noted in his post Sunday, Jupiter, Venus, and the moon will gather to direct a lopsided frown at North America, an arrangement that won’t happen again for another 44 years.
December 2, 2008 - 12:59pm
Fans of the hit movie “Twilight,” inspired by Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series, are swarming tiny Forks on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where the novels are set, and checking out “Twilight”-themed tours, hotel packages and even food.
December 2, 2008 - 12:56pm
People from across the country gathered in Golden Gate Park's National AIDS Memorial Grove Monday to observe the 20th annual World AIDS Day.
December 2, 2008 - 12:37pm
Remember when Arizona Sen. John McCain criticized spending millions of taxpayer dollars to fund the DNA of grizzly bears in Montana during one of the presidential debates? “That’s us,” said David Restivo, a Roberts Wesleyan College alumnus and visual information specialist at Glacier National Park in Montana.
December 2, 2008 - 12:35pm
As the Great Smoky Mountains National Park prepares to celebrate its 75th year, students of history and geology are pondering questions that go back much farther than the park's creation in the 1930s. The most fascinating queries to them concern the actual formation of the mountains, their age and topography.


