Granite Park Chalet
Granite Park Chalet | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property | |
Granite Park Chalet | |
48°46′15″N 113°46′20.5″W / 48.77083°N 113.772361°W / 48.77083; -113.772361 | |
Built | 1913 |
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NRHP reference No. | 83001060[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1983 |
Granite Park Chalet is located in the heart of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana at an elevation of 6,693 feet above sea level. The chalet was built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway and is a National Historic Landmark contributing property, being one of five structures in the Great Northern Railway Buildings district. From Logan Pass along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, the chalet is a moderate 7.6 miles (12.2 km) hike along the famed Crown of the Continent Highline Trail, usually referred to simply as the Highline Trail. Much of the trail passes through the scenic Garden Wall section of the park, immediately west and parallel to the Continental Divide. The chalet is also accessible via the Loop Trail (4 miles (6.4 km), 2,200 feet (670 m) elevation gain) and the Swiftcurrent Trail (7.5 miles (12.1 km), 2,300 feet (700 m) elevation gain). The trails are for hikers and horseback riders only; no vehicle access is provided.[2] Granite Park Chalet is a limited services facility and those that spend the night make use of the full service kitchen to cook their own meals.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Location & Trails". Granite Park Chalet. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
External links
- Harrison, Laura Soullière (1986). "Great Northern Railway Buildings". National Park Service: Architecture in the Parks. National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2006.
- Belton Chalets. "Granite Park Chalet". Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- National Park Service. "Glacier National Park National Historic Landmarks". Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2006.
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- 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
- Granite Park Chalet
- Grinnell Glacier
- Iceberg Cirque
- Lake Sherburne
- Many Glacier Hotel
- Swiftcurrent Lake
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