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Overview
About Paradise Point
Why stop
- A direct lakeshore view toward Rising Wolf Mountain.
- Short approach with little elevation change.
Heads up
- Small beach with limited room at the point.
Map
Where it is
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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 Paradise Point, 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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Two Medicine Lake and South Shore0:00 / 0:29
“Two Medicine Lake is ahead, with Sinopah Mountain rising across the water. You can enjoy that view from the developed shore without taking on a big hike, so I’d stop here even for a short visit.”
Plays as you drive up to Paradise Point in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Scenic Point and Appistoki Falls
- Two Medicine North Shore and Twin Falls
- Running Eagle Falls
- Two Medicine on the Radio
- 204 audio storiesacross Glacier’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Wolverine, Mountain Goat, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 157 trails, 91 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Our first time to glacier and we used the audio portion for Going to the Sun Road. Wonderful information with perfect advice of what to see and do along the road.”
Guide
More about Paradise Point
A short walk to the waterParadise Point is a small beach on Two Medicine Lake, reached by a 0.
Paradise Point is a small beach on Two Medicine Lake, reached by a 0.6-mile walk from the South Shore Trailhead behind the boat rental office. That makes it 1.2 miles round trip. The trail has just 88 feet of gain and 84 feet of loss, so it’s an easy side trip if you want lakeshore time without committing to a longer hike.
A compact beachThe beach sits on a narrow point with limited room to stand.
The beach sits on a narrow point with limited room to stand. It’s a nice place to pause by the water, but the tip can feel crowded when several groups arrive. Think of it as a short lakeshore break rather than a place to spread out for the afternoon.
Look across the lakeRising Wolf Mountain stands across the water, with Mount Helen and Lone Walker Mountain to its…
Rising Wolf Mountain stands across the water, with Mount Helen and Lone Walker Mountain to its left. Two Medicine Lake is glacially fed and about two miles long, so even this small beach opens onto a broad stretch of water framed by peaks.
Make the viewFrom the shore, keep some of the rocky waterline in the foreground and let the mountains fill…
From the shore, keep some of the rocky waterline in the foreground and let the mountains fill the far side of the frame. On a calm morning the lake can catch clear reflections. A seasonal restroom is listed for this stop.
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.
