Glacier+Nationalpark

**Glacier National Park **
Glacier National Park was established in 1910. It’s the 4th biggest national park in the USA, which is more than 4000 km² in area and lies in the northwest of Montana near the Canadian border.

In this park you can find about 40 glacier, 700 lakes, 2000 different plants and many variable types of wildlife like black and grizzly bear, moose, golden and bald eagle, bighorn sheep, mountain goat and whitetail and mule deer. That is the reason why the park is protected by the UNESCO.

The Glacier National Park is a famous tourist attraction. About 4700 visitors come to the park every day. They can visit the park whenever they like, because the park is opened the whole year. The people who come to park enjoy fishing, rafting, golfing, hiking, riding and of course the nature. In winter you can skiing and snowshoeing very well. Another attraction for visitors is the ‘Going-to-the-Sun-Road’. The road winds its way from west to east through the park. So it crosses also the ‘Continental Divide’ which is the watershed in North America. This watershed divides the Atlantic and Pacific feederstream. The ‘Going-to-the-Sun-Road’ is the only road in the whole park but runs 52 miles. It was constructed between 1921 and 1932 and cost $3 million. This road is recommended because you can have some of the most spectacular views of lakes and mountains of the park.

The mountains in the Glacier National Park are known as some of the most beautiful in the world. They are high and carved in impressive shapes by the action of glaciers.

The largest lake in the park is McDonald. It is 10 miles long and 427 feet deep at its deepest point.