West Glacier

West Glacier is a town located at the western entrance to in .
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  • Type: Town with 150 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, United States
  • Also known as: “West Glacier, Montana” and “West Glacier, MT”
  • Postal code: 59936

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Glacier station.

Railway station
Photo: Kgrr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in West Glacier, Montana. The station building, constructed in 1910 and enlarged in 1935, was donated to the Glacier Natural History Association in 1991 and now houses the offices and bookstore of the Glacier National Park Conservancy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Apgar.

Hamlet
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is one of the main villages in , located at the southern end of , about one mile from the park's west entrance. is situated 2 miles north of West Glacier.

West Glacier

Latitude
48.4963° or 48° 29′ 47″ north
Longitude
-113.9824° or 113° 58′ 57″ west
Population
150
Elevation
3,169 feet (966 metres)
Open location code
85W8F2W9+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4694000719
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5685653
Wiki­data ID
Q2841651
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“West Glacier” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “West Glacier”
  • Cebuano: “West Glacier”
  • Chinese: “西冰川”
  • Chinese: “西格拉西尔”
  • Chinese: “西格拉西爾”
  • French: “West Glacier”
  • Gilaki: “وست گلیشر (مؤنتانا)”
  • Gilaki: “وست گلیشر”
  • Hungarian: “West Glacier”
  • Irish: “West Glacier”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・グレイシャー”
  • Ladin: “West Glacier”
  • Persian: “وست گلیشر، مونتانا”
  • Persian: “وست گلیشر”
  • Polish: “West Glacier”
  • Serbian: “Вест Глејшер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Glacier, Montana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Glacier”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وزت قلاسیر، مونتانا”
  • Spanish: “West Glacier (Montana)”
  • Spanish: “West Glacier”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Глейшер”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Гласьєр”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Глейшер”

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