Glacier National Park road trip from Missoula

From Missoula up past Flathead Lake to Whitefish and West Glacier, then across Going-to-the-Sun Road to St. Mary and Many Glacier on the east side.

Stops
4
Nights
5
Driving
260 mi
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A mountain road cut into a cliff beside a short tunnel, with a rocky peak in the valley ahead.

The route by road

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The stops, in order

  1. Missoula, Montana

    1 night

    Fly in here.

  2. 2 h 18 min · 138 mi from Missoula

    Whitefish, Montana

    1 night

    Lake town near Glacier Park International Airport.

  3. 34 min · 27 mi from Whitefish

    West Glacier, Montana

    2 nights

    West entrance, near Lake McDonald.

  4. 1 h 36 min · 95 mi from West Glacier

    Babb, Montana

    1 night

    Just north of St. Mary, at the east end of Going-to-the-Sun Road, and the turn for Many Glacier. The road's full opening depends on snow.

Day by day

5 days with the nights above. Drive times are for a car without traffic; a day over six hours is flagged.

  1. Day 1: In Missoula

    No driving

  2. Day 2: Missoula to Whitefish

    Night in Whitefish

    2 h 18 min · 138 mi

  3. Day 3: Whitefish to West Glacier

    Night in West Glacier

    34 min · 27 mi

  4. Day 4: In West Glacier

    No driving

  5. Day 5: West Glacier to Babb

    Night in Babb

    1 h 36 min · 95 mi
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Photo: Going-to-the-Sun Road near Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana. “Going-to-the-Sun Road-27527-2” by Ken Thomas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “Grand Teton from the Snake River Overlook” by Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0. “Mount Rainier behind the flowering meadows of Paradise Park (18 August 2012)” by Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0. “Badlands National Park, South Dakota 2014 10” by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.