Location
East Glacier, Montana

The first hotel built by the Great Northern Railway, Glacier Park Lodge is one of the country's most magnificent national park hotels. It was constructed in 1913 to attract visitors to the park's wonders, part of the railway's wider mission to open up the mountain grandeur of the American West to travelers. Located just outside the southeast corner of Glacier National Park at East Glacier Station, the hotel is a masterpiece of early 20th-century rustic-style architecture incorporating log post-and-beam construction, shingled dormers and mullioned windows. Its soaring lobby features massive bark-covered log pillars 40 feet high and 40 inches in diameter, crafted from Douglas fir trees hundreds of years old. It was known locally by the Blackfeet Indians as Omahkoyis, or "Big Tree Lodge." Located at the foot of Dancing Lady Mountain, the hotel provides an optimal base from which to explore our dramatic environs. Extensive balconies and decks overlook sprawling lawns and elaborate gardens that date back more than a century, while the park's towering peaks provide a dramatic backdrop to the west. While guest rooms are small and simple with basic amenities, they are clean and comfortable, and all have private bathrooms. In keeping with the lodge's historic character, rooms do not have air conditioning, televisions or elevators.