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W A T E R T O NL A K E S
N A T I O N A LP A R K
NORTH FORKAREA
GOAT HAUNTAREA
MANY GLACIERAREA
ST. MARYCUT BANK
AREA
LAKEMcDONALD
AREA
TWOMEDICINE
AREA
WALTONAREA
WALTONAREA
NYACK/COAL CREEKCAMPING AREA
Paved Road
Legend
Unpaved Road Backcountry Permit Issuing Location
Primary Trails
Unbridged Stream
Backcountry Campground
Distance Indicator
0
0 10 Miles5
10 Kilometers5North
Continental DivideTrail
Seasonal Bridge
Snow Hazard
North Fork
Goat Haunt
Many Glacier
Lake McDonald
St. Mary/Cut Bank
Two Medicine
Walton
Nyack/Coal Creek Camping Area
206
40
2
93
2
2
93 2
49
89
89
464
89
17
2 5
2
5
5
6
6
MOL
MOJGLH
GLF
COSGAB
ELF
ELH
GRNMAN
CRA
OTO
GUN
SPE
LIN
BEA
REH
MOR
OLD
NON
UPT
COB
UPP
ISA
COA
OLL
OLCPAR
TMC
KIN UPK
BOU
HOL
BROFRA
HAW JANWAT
KOO
GOA
STO
FIF
BOW
AKO
QUA
GRAADA
CAM
ARR
MCD
HAR
ROU
SNY
ELL
LNY
UPN
REYREF
6.3
5.35.6
5.6
6.7
7.1
5.8
6.2
3.5
3.1
6.9
5.2
5.0
3.0
2.13.0 3.0
2.8
2.7
2.6 5.71.1
2.6
0.5
1.52.6
1.72.0
6.15.9
1.4
6.4
2.5
3.8
1.7
1.6
2.7
2.0
8.2
6.48.5
7.6
11.9
5.7
6.3
4.26.1
6.6
6.9
3.4
3.6
3.5
1.8
2.6
4.9
2.61.7
1.8 3.6
5.0
5.2
10.52.4
0.9
1.41.3
12.9
7.6
GSE
10.7 3.9.4
2.7
3.2
7.9
5.4
1.7 3.3
3.1 2.3
7.1
3.0
2.0
4.9
3.4
6.02.3
5.8
4.81.8
4.34.5
9.0
2.7 5.5
5.4
1.6
0.80.5
4.5
0.95.7
9.4
8.8
7.4
6.1
6.03.3
0.1
1.1
9.4
5.3
ATL
2.4
6.2
1.2
8.7
5.6
4.9
5.0
2.7
5.3
4.5
SLE
CMELRE
AFE
MGE
IPESCE
RSE
REE
JOELPE
SBE
LTELTE
PRE
STEKCE
WLE
RSE
REE
WLE
LLE
CCE
FCE
QCE
LSE
KLE
BLE
HBE LCEHCE
NCE
COE
WSEFCE
SME
LUE
EGE
WTE
APGAR
TSE
TNE
CBE
Bauerman Creek
Lone Creek
Blakiston Creek
Sage Creek
Creek
Kishinena
Akamina
Creek
Blakiston Creek
Galwey Brook
Wat
erto
n R
iver
Belly
Rive
r
Lee Creek
Dungarvan Creek
Lineham Creek
MaskinongeLake
Crooked Cre
ek
CrandellLake
CameronLake
ForumLake
WallLake
LinehamLakes
BerthaLake
UpperBerthaFalls
LakeNooney
LakeWurdeman
UpperKintlaLake
LakeFrancis
CeruleanLake
RogersLake
TroutLake
ArrowLake
DutchLake
GraceLake
Camas Lake
LowerQuartz Lake
WinonaLake
LakeJanet
Crypt Lake
CryptFalls
KootenaiLakes
GlennsLake
CosleyLake
Ipasha Lake
HelenLake
IcebergLake
HiddenLake
Avalanche Lake
LakeEllenWilson
LincolnLake
BeaverWoman
Lake
BuffaloWoman
Lake
HarrisonLake
Stanton Lake
SnyderLakes
JohnsLake
GunsightLake
MedicineOwl Lake
PitamakanLake
OldmanLake
LakeIsabel
Red EagleLake
GoatLake
OtokomiLake
CrackerLake
FlorenceFalls
PoiaLake
SlideLake
SueLake
Hell RoaringFalls
LowerBertha Falls
BlakistonFalls
Sofa Creek
Cam
eron
Cre
ek
Boundary Creek
LostLake
GoatLake
TwinLakes
Valentine Creek
KINTL
A LAKE
UP
PE
R W
AT
ER
TO
N LA
KE
Akokala Creek
Moose Creek
Hawk Creek
Hay Creek
Coal Creek
Belly
Riv
er
Wate
rton R
iver
Otatso Creek
Lee
Cre
ek
Kennedy Creek
Sain
t
Mar
y
River
Swiftcurrent
LAKE SHERBURNE
DUCK LAKE
Creek
Bowman Cre
ek
Quartz C
reek Lo
ggin
g Creek
LOGGING LAKE
Camas Creek
Fern
Cre
ek
Flat
head
River
Fish Creek
McGee Creek
Dutch C
reek
Anaconda Creek
Min
eral
Creek
McDonald Creek
Sprague Creek
Snyder Creek
Avalanche Creek
Sain
t M
ary
River
Red E
agle
Creek
Hu
dso
n B
ay C
r
LOW
ER S
AIN
T M
AR
Y L
AK
E
SAINT MARY
LAKE
4484
ft13
66m
Big Creek
LAKE
McD
ONALD
WHITEFISH LA
KE
3153
ft96
1m
Nya
ck C
reek
Pinchot
Creek
Atlantic Cr
Dry Fork
Bear
Creek
Ole
Cre
ek
Park
C
reek
Muir Creek
Middle Fork
Flathead River
Hidden Creek
Two M
edicine River
LakeFive
South Fork Flathead River
Kintla Creek
Rose Creek
Cany
on C
r
Harris
on C
reek
Linc
oln Creek
Ous
el C
reek
Mocca
sin C
reek
Coal Creek
AutumnCreek
Thompson Creek
River
Flathead
North
Fork
BOW
MA
N
LAKE
QUARTZ LAKE
Nor
th F
ork
Cut Bank Creek
HEL
LQU
FLA
POI
SLI
HUNGRY HORSERESERVOIR
ALBERTA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CANADA
UNITED STATES
ALBERTA
MONTANA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
MONTANA
FLAT
TO
P M
OU
NT
AIN
HiddenMeadow
RoundPrairie
BigPrairie
RA
NG
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FLATH
EAD
SW
AN
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WHITEFISH RANGE
BOW-CROW PROVINCIAL FOREST
FLATHEAD PROVINCIAL FOREST
Belly RiverKintla Lake
Bowman Lake
ParkEntrance
Babb
Saint Mary
RisingSun
Cut Bank
Granite ParkChalet
SperryChalet
Lake McDonaldLodge
Kiowa
To Pincher Creek and Calgary
MountainView
CardstonAlberta-RemingtonCarriage Centre
To Calgary To Lethbridge
CustomsCustoms
BLOOD
INDIAN
RESERVE
Chief Mountain International Highway
Continental Divide
Duck Lake Road
BLACKFEET
INDIAN RESERVATION
Walton
Park Headquarters
Hungry Horse
Polebridge
Ou
tside North Fork Road
Inside North Fork Road Cam
as Road
Hud
son
B
ay
Div
ide
FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
GREAT
BEAR
WILDERNESS
AREA
FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
FLATHEAD
NATIONAL FOREST
LEWIS AND CLARK
NATIONAL FOREST
Whitefish
To Eureka
Glacier ParkInternational
Airport To Kalispell
To Kalispell
Columbia Falls
West Glacier
CoramBurlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Continental Divide Essex
AKAMINA-KISHINENA PROVINCIAL PARK
PtarmiganTunnel(opens mid-July)
Logan PassVisitor Center6646 ft / 2025 m
EastGlacier
CDTDesignated
Route
CDTAlternate
Route
POLEBRIDGE
GOAT HAUNT
MANY GLACIER
ST. MARY
TWO MEDICINE
(permits in winter only)
WATERTON
NYACK/COAL CREEK CAMPING ZONE
This area offers opportunities for solitude and higher levels of challenge and risk. In addition to designated sites, undesignated camping is permitted although it still requires a permit. Advance reservations are not allowed for undesignated camping.
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL
A 110-mile segment of The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDT) runs through Glacier. Early and late season alternate route are marked in blue on the map. CDT through-hikers (Mexico to Canada), who plan on entering Glacier at Marias Pass, should call the backcountry office at (406) 888-7857 prior to starting their trip, to obtain a backcountry permit.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRAIL
A 50 mile segment of The Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (PNT) runs though Glacier. PNT through hikers (Washington to Glacier National Park), who plan on entering the park at Bowman Lake, should call the backcountry office at (406)-888-7857 prior to starting their trip, to obtain a backcountry permit.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Guided trips are available through Glacier Guides. For information and reservations visit: GlacierGuides.com
Swan Mountain Outfitters offers drop-camp service using stock to pack your gear into certain sites. A backcountry permit is required. For information and reservations visit: SwanMountainOutfitters.com/glacier
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
• There may be shuttle service along the Going-to-the-Sun Road in 2020, however at press time that decision had not been made. There are no commercial shuttle or taxi services available in the North Fork Area (Polebridge, Bowman/Kintla Lakes).
• Xanterra Parks & Resorts operates a fee-based trailhead shuttle from Many Glacier to the St. Mary Visitor Center. For information visit: GlacierNationalParkLodges.com.
• Pursuit Inc. may operate a fee-based shuttle, to locations outside the park, on the east side in the summer. For more information visit: https://www.glacierparkcollection.com/plan-your-trip/getting-around/
Planning Your Trip
Special Trip Planning Considerations
Use the map to the right and the information below to plan your next backcountry adventure. Some campgrounds have special conditions that apply and, unless otherwise noted in the “Special” column, all campgrounds have a three night limit.
CODE AND CAMPGROUND
All campgrounds are identified with a three letter code. You will find these same codes in the first column of the information listed below.
OPENS
This column indicates the first date that the campground is available by reservation. This also corresponds (in general) to the first date that the campground is snow free.
SITES
The total number of sites available in a campground is the first number shown. The number in parenthesis is the number of sites that may be reserved in advance. For example the campground at Adair has four sites, two of which may be reserved in advance.
STOCK
The number of livestock permitted overnight.
SPECIAL
Limited fuel, no wood fires.
One night limit, per trip, in July, August, and September.
Two night limit, per trip, in July, August, and September.
Access by motorized watercraft prohibited.
• Goat Haunt Shelters are three-sided structures near the boat dock at the head of Waterton Lake.
• Many Glacier and Two Medicine auto campgrounds are reservable on itineraries of three or more nights. They are not available on the first night of an itinerary if the trip begins at Many Glacier or Two Medicine. Both campgrounds are one night only per trip.
• Granite Park must be part of an extended itinerary of two or more nights in July, August, and September, excluding Many Glacier or Two Medicine.
• Reynolds Creek can only be part of an itinerary of three or more nights. It may not be the first night of a trip that starts on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, or the last night of a trip that ends on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
CODE CAMPGROUND OPENS SITES STOCK SPECIAL
ADA Adair 6/15 4 (2) 8
AKO Akokala Lake 6/15 3 (2) 0
ARR Arrow Lake 6/15 2 (1) 8
ATL Atlantic Creek 6/15 4 (2) 8
BEA Beaver Woman Lake 7/15 3 (2) 10
BOU Boulder Pass 8/1 3 (2) 0
BOW Bowman Lake Head 6/15 6 (3) 8
BRO Brown Pass 7/15 3 (2) 0
CAM Camas Lake 7/15 2 (1) 0
COA Coal Creek 7/15 2 (2) 10
COB Cobalt Lake 8/1 2 (2) 0
COS Cosley Lake 6/15 4 (2) 8
CRA Cracker Lake 6/15 3 (2) 0
ELF Elizabeth Lake Foot 6/15 5 (3) 8
ELH Elizabeth Lake Head 6/15 4 (2) 8
ELL Lake Ellen Wilson 8/1 4 (2) 8
FIF Fifty Mountain 8/1 5 (3) 8
FLA Flattop 7/15 3 (2) 8
FRA Lake Francis 6/15 2 (1) 0
GAB Gable Creek 6/15 4 (2) 8
GLF Glenns Lake Foot 6/15 4 (2) 8
GLH Glenns Lake Head 6/15 3 (2) 0
GOA Goat Haunt Shelters 6/15 7 (4) 0
GRA Grace Lake 7/1 3 (2) 0
GRN Granite Park 7/15 4 (2) 0
GUN Gunsight Lake 7/15 6 (3) 8
HAR Harrison Lake 6/15 3 (2) 8
HAW Hawksbill 6/15 2 (2) 0
HEL Helen Lake 7/1 2 (1) 0
HOL Hole in the Wall 8/1 5 (3) 0
ISA Lake Isabel 7/1 2 (1) 0
JAN Lake Janet 6/15 2 (1) 8
KIN Kintla Lake Head 6/15 6 (3) 8
CODE CAMPGROUND OPENS SITES STOCK SPECIAL
KOO Kootenai Lake 6/15 4 (2) 8
LIN Lincoln Lake 6/15 3 (2) 8
LNY Lower Nyack 7/15 3 (2) 10
LOF Logging Lake Foot 6/15 3 (2) 0
LQU Lower Quartz Lake 6/15 4 (2) 8
MAN Many Glacier CG 6/15 4 (2) 0
MCD McDonald Lake 6/15 2 (1) 0
MOJ Mokowanis Junction 6/15 5 (3) 8
MOL Mokowanis Lake 7/1 2 (1) 0
MOR Morning Star Lake 7/15 3 (2) 0
NON No Name Lake 7/15 3 (2) 0
OLD Oldman Lake 7/15 4 (2) 8
OLC Ole Creek 6/15 3 (2) 8
OLL Ole Lake 6/15 2 (2) 8
OTO Otokomi Lake 7/15 3 (2) 0
PAR Park Creek 6/15 3 (2) 8
POI Poia Lake 7/1 4 (2) 8
QUA Quartz Lake 6/15 3 (2) 0
REF Red Eagle Lake Foot 6/15 4 (2) 0
REH Red Eagle Lake Head 6/15 4 (2) 8
REY Reynolds Creek 6/15 3 (2) 8
ROU Round Prairie 7/1 3 (2) 0
SLI Slide Lake 6/15 3 (2) 8
SNY Snyder Lake 6/15 3 (2)
SPE Sperry 8/1 4 (2) 0
STO Stoney Indian Lake 8/1 3 (2) 0
TMC Two Medicine CG 6/15 4 (2) 0
UPK Upper Kintla Lake 6/15 4 (2) 8
UPN Upper Nyack 7/15 3 (2) 10
UPP Upper Park Creek 6/15 3 (2) 8
UPT Upper Two Medicine Lake 7/15 4 (2) 0
WAT Waterton River 6/15 5 (3) 8