Glacier Park Lodge
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1 Midvale Lane
East Glacier, 59434
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Glacier Park Lodge is one of America's classic national park lodges. Built by the Great Northern Railway during 1912 and 1913, this is a sister lodge to Many Glacier Hotel and Price of Wales Hotel, the latter of which is in Canada's nearby Waterton Lakes National Park. Although a short distance outside the park boundary, Glacier Park Lodge is closely associated with this spectacular national park and is operated by Glacier Park, Inc., the concessionaire that manages all but one of the park's eight lodges.
Two of the lodge's outstanding features are the majestic three-story lobby that consumes nearly all of the first floor of the main building, and the swath of colorful flowers that flow across the large front lawn from the lodge entrance toward the train station. The lobby, as impressive as can be found in any national park lodge, is highlighted with 40-inch-diameter fir and cedar pillars surrounded by two interior balconies. Relaxing in the lobby following dinner is one of
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- The massive flower concourse that extends in front of the lodge is almost as iconic as the Douglas fir beams supporting it.
- Stables at the lodge offer horseback tours of varying lengths, from one hour to a full day.
- The lodge is adjacent to East Glacier's Amtrak station.
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