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Logan Pass (elevation 6,646 ft (2,026 m)) is located along the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is the highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road . The pass is named after Major William R. Logan, the first superintendent of the park.
The Logan Pass Visitor Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 2008, [1] when it was 44 years old, less than the usual threshold for inclusion of 50 years. The visitor center was cited in the nomination for its unusual design significance and prominence in Glacier National Park. [2]
[2] [3] [4] The view of the "St. Mary" webcam on the Glacier National Park official website is broadcast from the center and shows the westward-facing view over St. Mary Lake, which includes a distant view of Logan's Pass.
Logan Pass is the highest point in the park accessible by car and a beautiful vantage point for photos. Related: 22 Bucket List Roads to Drive Around the World ©TripAdvisor
A Glacier National Park shuttle bus approaches Logan Pass along Going-to-the-Sun Road during a media tour of the snow removal process on Thursday, May 30. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey ...
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 three separate trail systems link Many Glacier, Two Medicine, Cut Bank, Saint Mary and Goathaunt ranger stations and visitor centers. Sites associated with the trail system include the Gunsight Pass Shelter, Packer's Roost, Pass Creek Snowshoe Cabin, Granite Park Chalet and the Ptarmigan Tunnel. [3]
only road pass between Banff and US border. Canadian Pacific Railway (1898). Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. 49°00'N* UNITED STATES Montana A: Logan Pass: 6,646 ft (2,026 m) Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.