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Glacier National Park
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Ranger showing child different antlers

Learning the difference between horns and antlers

Your Family's Visiting Glacier this Summer? Cool!
Check these out!

  • Go on a Ranger-led activity. Schedules are found in the "Glacier Explorer" printed every summer. Programs begin the 3rd week in June and end Labor Day.

  • Visit the Discovery Cabin in Apgar (open the 3rd week in June until Labor Day)

  • Check out one of our "Family Packs" (available mid-June to mid-September, first come, first served)

  • Read "Things to Do with Children in Glacier" to find out about family friendly trails and to get more ideas about activities children might enjoy while in Glacier.

  • Think you might want to take your children on an overnight backcountry hike? Read David's blog for some tips from our Visual Information Specialist, David Restivo, who took his young family on their first backpacking trip this summer in the park.

  • Visit the Glacier Institute website to find out about their summer family programs and summer camps for children.
 
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Not Visiting? No Problem, imagine yourself on a Glacier Adventure by visiting from home!

  • Take a hike! Follow this link to take a virtual hike in the park.
  • Sing about Glacier - try out the Glacier lyrics written to these familiar songs.
  • Read a Glacier Adventure book or browse through many of the photo journals available from the Glacier Association bookstore. You can even order online!
  • Watch a live osprey nest throughout the summer on the St. Mary webcam.
  • Learn what many Citizen Scientists are doing to help monitor Glacier wildlife.
  • Coming Soon! Games and puzzles to view or print but in the meantime, check out these websites:
    • Disappearing Glaciers
    • Lions, Bighorns and Bears - Oh My! (You've got to watch these amazing videos of Glacier bears!).
    • Animal Poster Search 
    • Color Me Wild - Print and color drawings of Glacier plants and animals, or read and color the "ABCs of Glacier!"

 

Doing a Report on Glacier?

Contact us and request a Glacier Student Guide CD.


 
School Bus

Interested in bringing students to Glacier?

Education Programs for school groups and lessons/activities for teachers

Big Creek Outdoor Education Center Residential Camp for School Groups, Glacier Institue


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Become a Web Ranger!
Explore, Learn, Protect by completing fun national park web activities
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Glacier Junior Ranger Badge
Visit the park and become a Glacier Junior Ranger
Find out how children visiting Glacier can become Junior Rangers.
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Glacier Centennial
Visit Glacier National Park's Official Centennial Website
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Lake McDonald  

Did You Know?
Lake McDonald is the largest lake in the park with a length of 10 miles and a depth of 472 feet. The glacier that carved the Lake McDonald valley is estimated to have been around 2,200 feet thick.

Last Updated: August 05, 2009 at 15:33 EST