Glacier National Park Tourist Trails


Glacier National Park Tourist Trails--Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
North Circle Trail at Granite Park Chalet
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Location	Inside Trail, South Circle and North Circle Trails, St. Mary, Montana
Coordinates	48°41′41″N 113°33′46″W / 48.69472°N 113.56278°W / 48.69472; -113.56278Coordinates: 48°41′41″N 113°33′46″W / 48.69472°N 113.56278°W / 48.69472; -113.56278
Built	1911
Architect	Glacier Park Hotel Co.; NPS Landscape Division
Architectural style	Other
MPS	Glacier National Park MPS
NRHP Reference #	95001579
Added to NRHP	January 19, 1996^[1]

The Glacier National Park Tourist Trails, including the Inside Trail, South Circle Trail and North Circle Trail, were established in Glacier National Park to connect a series of tourist camps and hotels established by the Great Northern Railway between 1910 and 1915. Prior to the construction of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, these trails were the primary form of circulation within the park. The trail system includes a number of bridges.^[2]

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]

North Circle

The North Circle Trail describes a loop: Many Glacier - Cosley Lake - Goathaunt - Fifty Mountain - Granite Park - Many Glacier. During the 1920s, tent camps were located at Cosley Lake, Goathaunt and Fifty Mountain, as well as at Red Eagle. The trail's summit follows the Ptarmigan Wall, and was cut and blasted from the cliffside, passing through the Ptarmigan Tunnel to avoid a lengthy detour around the arête. The Park Saddle Horse Company operated multi-day excursions along the trail from 1925, stopping in turn at each camp or chalet.^[3]

South Circle

The South Circle Trail runs Lake McDonald Lodge - Sperry Chalet - Gunsight Pass - Sun Point - Piegan Pass - Many Glacier - Swiftcurrent Pass - Granite Park - Packer's Roost. A five-day route was operated on the trail by the Park Saddle Horse Company.^[3]

Inside Trail

The Inside Trail connects Two Medicine - Cut Bank - Red Eagle Lake - Saint Mary's Lake.The trail passes over Triple Divide Pass, where waters may drain to the Pacific, Atlantic or Arctic Oceans.^[3]

Structures

Packer's Roost West is located at the junction of several trails near the Going-to-the-Sun Road. It serves as a base camp for pack operations over the trails and for service trips to Sperry Chalet and Granite Park Chalet. The Granite Park Trail Cabin is a log structure of standard design, similar to many such structures in the park.^[3]

References

↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "N. Circle Trail: Fifty Mountain to Granite Park". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-13.
1 2 3 4 5 Ann Hubber (June 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glacier National Park Tourist Trails--Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle" (pdf). National Park Service.

Glacier National Park

Going-to-the-Sun Road	Big Drift Bird Woman Falls Garden Wall Going to the Sun Mountain Heavens Peak Highline Trail Jackson Glacier Lake McDonald Lake McDonald Lodge Logan Pass Rising Sun Saint Mary Lake Trail of the Cedars Weeping Wall

Many Glacier	Granite Park Chalet Grinnell Glacier Iceberg Cirque Lake Sherburne Many Glacier Hotel Swiftcurrent Lake

Two Medicine	Two Medicine Store

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park	Waterton Lakes National Park

National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park

National Historic Landmarks	Going-to-the-Sun Road Lake McDonald Lodge

National Historic Landmark District	Great Northern Railway Buildings

Other historic districts	Belly River Ranger Station Historic District Cut Bank Ranger Station Historic District East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District Glacier National Park Tourist Trails--Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle Headquarters Historic District Howes' Lake McDonald Cottage Sites Historic District Kelly's Camp Historic District Kintla Lake Ranger Station Kishenehn Ranger Station Historic District Lake McDonald Lodge Historic District Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District Many Glacier Hotel Historic District Nyack Ranger Station Historic District Polebridge Ranger Station Historic District Rising Sun Auto Camp St. Mary Utility Area Historic District Sherburne Ranger Station Historic District Stillwater Ranger Station Historic District Swiftcurrent Ranger Station Historic District Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District Walton Ranger Station Historic District

Other properties	Apgar Fire Lookout Alice Beck Cabin Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin Bowman Lake Road Cattle Queen Snowshoe Cabin Chief Mountain Border Station and Quarters Coal Creek Patrol Cabin Fielding Snowshoe Patrol Cabin Fish Creek Bay Boathouse Ford Creek Patrol Cabin Goathaunt Bunkhouse Granite Park Chalet Greve's Tourist Cabins Gunsight Pass Shelter Harrison Lake Patrol Cabin Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout Huckleberry Fire Outlook Kootenai Creek Snowshoe Cabin Lake McDonald Lodge Coffee Shop Lee Creek Snowshoe Cabin Lincoln Creek Snowshoe Cabin Logan Creek Patrol Cabin Logan Pass Visitor Center Loneman Fire Lookout Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse Lower Nyack Snowshoe Cabin Lower Park Creek Patrol Cabin Margaret McCarthy Homestead McCarthy Homestead Cabin Many Glacier Barn and Bunkhouse Many Glacier Campground Camptender's Cabin Mount Brown Fire Lookout North Fork Road Numa Ridge Fire Lookout Pass Creek Snowshoe Cabin Polebridge to Numa Ridge Phoneline Ptarmigan Tunnel Quartz Lake Patrol Cabin William Raftery Homestead Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin Saint Mary Ranger Station Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stations Scalplock Mountain Fire Lookout Anton Schoenberger Homestead Charlie Schoenberger Homestead Sherwood Lodge Skyland Camp-Bowman Lake Ranger Station Slide Lake-Otatso Creek Patrol Cabin and Woodshed Sperry Chalet Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin Swanson Boathouse Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District Swiftcurrent Fire Lookout Two Medicine Campground Camptender's Cabin Two Medicine General Store Upper Kintla Lake Patrol Cabin Upper Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin Upper Nyack Snowshoe Cabin Upper Park Creek Patrol Cabin Johnnie Walsh's Guest Lodge Johnnie Walsh Homestead West Entrance Station

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Glacier National Park

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