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Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana.The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that traverses the park, crossing the Continental Divide through Logan Pass at an elevation of 6,646 feet (2,026 m), which is the highest point on the road. [3]
The most notable reroutings from the original corridor are: 1) the section from Moyie Springs, Idaho, to just inside the Montana border, which once ran much further north, as seen on the 1937 map of the area [3] (Old US 2N intersects today's US 2 about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of the state line); 2) passing north of Kila; 3) a route swap with ...
Located on the east side of the park, Going-to-the-Sun Road parallels the lake along its north shore. At an elevation of 4,484 feet (1,367 m), Saint Mary Lake's waters are colder and lie almost 1,500 feet (460 m) higher in elevation than Lake McDonald, the largest lake in the park, which is located on the west side of the Continental Divide.
Jun. 29—Visitors hoping to drive the full length of Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road will have to wait a few more weeks — at least. Park officials Wednesday announced that the ...
Nov. 1—Crews are on schedule this fall to finish paving the stretch of the Going-to-the-Sun Road under construction from Apgar to Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park. Paving on the road ...
Glacier National Park officials have provided an update on the closure of Going-to-the-Sun Road, stating to will open through Logan Pass "no earlier than" July 13.
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain is a 9,647-foot (2,940 m) mountain peak located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It rises dramatically above St. Mary Valley just north of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. [3] The mountain was named by James Willard Schultz in 1888.
The village is the eastern terminus of the Going-to-the-Sun Road which bisects the park east ... Climate data for St Mary, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, 1981-2020 ...