Many Glacier | Logan Pass | West Side/Lake McDonald | Two Medicine | St. Mary/Dusty Star Observatory

Mount Wilbur View

This camera, in the heart of Many Glacier, looks across Swiftcurrent Lake toward Mount Wilbur and the Swiftcurrent Valley. Watch for moose and bears to walk along the shore of the lake, and for alpenglow on the iconic face of Mount Wilbur in the evenings. Many Glacier is located in the northeast corner of Glacier National Park and is renowned for its world-class hiking and the historic Many Glacier Hotel.

Logan Pass – Parking Lot

This webcam focuses on the Logan Pass Parking Lot, with Piegan and Going-to-the-Sun Mountains making a scenic backdrop. The Logan Pass area, situated at the Going-to-the-Sun Road’s highest point, seasonally offers a visitor center, trailheads for the always popular Highline and Hidden Lake hikes, restrooms, drinking water, and shuttle services.

Logan Pass – Hidden Lake Trailhead

At Logan Pass, this camera showcases the start of the popular Hidden Lake Trail. Watch as hikers set off on either a 1.4-mile trek to Hidden Lake Overlook for views of Hidden Lake and Bearhat Mountain, or a more challenging 2.6-mile journey descending 780 feet to reach Hidden Lake’s north shore.

Lake McDonald – 1

For a great many visitors this is the first sight of Glacier: the view from Apgar at the foot of Lake McDonald, looking ten miles up glacially carved water toward the peaks of the Continental Divide. Watch for the lake to go mirror-flat on still mornings, for the colored stones in the shallows near the boat dock, and for evening light working its way down the far shore. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in the park.

Lake McDonald – 2

This camera pans and zooms, so the scene changes to view different parts of the Lake McDonald Valley, sometimes the full length of the lake, sometimes a close look at the peaks standing over it. Watch for the framing to have shifted between visits.

Apgar Mountain

From the summit of Apgar Mountain, this camera looks northeast down the length of Lake McDonald. Stanton Mountain and Mount Vaught rise to the left of the lake, with the Garden Wall just beyond them carrying the Continental Divide along its crest, then Mount Cannon, Mount Brown, and Edwards Mountain at the right edge of the view. The lookout at the summit is one of the most popular hikes on the west side of the park.

Apgar Village

This camera looks across Apgar Village, the hub of activity on the west side of the park all summer long. Watch for the morning rush toward the boat dock, kayaks and paddleboards heading down to the water, and the shuttle pulling through on its way up the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Apgar holds the park’s largest campground along with gift shops, a restaurant, lodging, and boat and equipment rentals, all a short walk from the foot of Lake McDonald.

Apgar Visitor Center

This camera overlooks the plaza at the Apgar Visitor Center, the primary information stop for visitors entering the park at West Glacier. Watch for rangers fielding questions out front, families setting off toward the village, and the plaza gardens coming into bloom over the course of the summer.

Middle Fork of the Flathead River

The Middle Fork of the Flathead River forms the southwestern boundary of Glacier National Park, and this camera, near park headquarters, watches it run under the West Glacier bridge. Watch for rafts through the summer, when several commercial outfitters work this stretch of water, and for a coyote or a deer picking along the bank in the winter. After dark, some of the lights of West Glacier show through the trees.

Park Headquarters

This was the first webcam Glacier National Park ever put online, meant as a test until a better location came along, but the quiet view of the picnic area and forest at park headquarters built a following of its own and never came down. Watch for the lunchtime crowd at the picnic tables, the resident deer wandering through the grass, and beargrass blooming across the forest floor in early summer.

West Entrance

This camera watches the West Entrance station, the busiest way into Glacier National Park and a reliable gauge of how crowded things will be inside it. Watch for cars stacking up along the entrance road on summer mornings, and check the sky here for current conditions in West Glacier before you set out.

Sinopah View

This camera looks west across the forest at the foot of Two Medicine Lake, where Sinopah Mountain stands alone at the center of the skyline and the long ridge of Rising Wolf Mountain runs off to the right. Watch for storms coming over the Continental Divide and for the first snow of the fall settling on Sinopah. Two Medicine sits in the southeast corner of Glacier National Park and its historic general store was once the dining hall of a backcountry chalet.

St. Mary Visitor Center View

This camera at the St. Mary Visitor Center looks west up the valley, past the start of the Going-to-the-Sun Road to the foot of St. Mary Lake and the peaks rising behind it. Watch for tour buses climbing toward Logan Pass on summer mornings and for evening light on the face of Singleshot Mountain. St. Mary is the eastern gateway to Glacier National Park, at the edge of the Blackfeet Nation, where the prairie ends and the mountains begin all at once.

Dusty Star Observatory Sky View

This unique webcam simulates lying on your back in St. Mary valley, gazing directly upward. For the best experience, view after dark to see spectacular night skies. The image is circular, like a clock face. At the “12 o’clock” position (east), you’ll spot the tan-colored Dusty Star Observatory. Other visible structures include the St. Mary Visitor Center and entrance station. North is at 3 o’clock, west at 6 o’clock, and south at 9 o’clock.

Overnight Observatory Timelapse

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