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Overview
About Historic 1913 Ranger Station
Why stop
- An original-site cabin with a specific early-park story.
- Easy to pair with the Beaver Pond Loop or Red Eagle hike.
Heads up
- Treat it as an exterior stop; interior access is not dependable.
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Historic 1913 Ranger Station, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Glacier National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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“You’re approaching St. Mary Visitor Center, just inside the east entrance. Stop here if you want help choosing walks or understanding what you’ll see along the road.”
Plays on the road 0.7 mi from Historic 1913 Ranger Station in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
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More about Historic 1913 Ranger Station
A quick history stopHistoric 1913 Ranger Station is a compact, one-and-a-half-story log cabin on its original site…
Historic 1913 Ranger Station is a compact, one-and-a-half-story log cabin on its original site on a wooded hillside at the east end of Upper St. Mary Lake. It’s an easy stop for early Glacier history, but plan on an exterior visit. The only documented ranger-led tour was a special centennial program in 2013, so don’t count on getting inside.
Pair it with a hikeThe parking area serves the 3.
The parking area serves the 3.3-mile Beaver Pond Loop and the Red Eagle Lake trailhead; Red Eagle is 8.1 miles one way. Take a few minutes to see the cabin and separate barn before or after a walk. On its own, this is a short stop rather than a reason to cross the park.
A ranger’s home and work baseBuilt in 1913, the cabin was among the first Park Service buildings on Glacier’s east side and…
Built in 1913, the cabin was among the first Park Service buildings on Glacier’s east side and served as a ranger’s home and work base. Chance Beebe and his family lived here in 1918–19; his duties included trail work, firefighting, patrols and repairs across the east side. The cabin was restored in 1975 to its 1913–20 appearance. Look for the rounded exterior logs, front gable and lean-to porch. The neighboring barn is separate: it was built for Lubec Ranger Station in 1926 and moved here in 1977.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Glacier
404 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
11 sightingsWolverineMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
1,173 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
395 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
506 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Glacier. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
