LOF

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

WSEFSE

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

Creek

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

E

FLATH

EAD

SW

AN

RA

NG

E

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

Camas 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

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 1 (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

Planning Your Trip 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.

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 used as the first or last night of a trip that either begins or ends on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

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.

A Few More Things

Nyack/Coal Creek Camping AreaThis area offers opportunities for solitude and higher levels of challenge and risk. In addition to designated sites, undesignated camping is allowed but requires a permit. Advance reservations are not available for undesignated camping.

Continental Divide TrailA 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 TrailThe 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 ServicesGuided 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• Free shuttle service is available along

the Going-to-the-Sun Road. 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.

Code and CampgroundAll 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.

SitesThe total number of sites available in a campground is the first number. 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.

Access by motorized watercraft prohibited.

• 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/

Entering The Park from the Blackfeet Indian ReservationA Conservation/Recreation Use Permit is required for all recreational activities on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. A separate permit is required for fishing on the reservation. For further information call (406) 338-7207.

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