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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Red Rock 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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“You’re nearing Red Rock Point, where McDonald Creek slips over red and pink ledges into blue-green pools. I’d allow about ten minutes for this viewpoint stop.”
Plays as you drive up to Red Rock Point in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
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“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.”
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More about Red Rock Point
A quick stop on Going-to-the-Sun RoadRed Rock Point is a roadside viewpoint over McDonald Creek, where water slips over bands of red…
Red Rock Point is a roadside viewpoint over McDonald Creek, where water slips over bands of red and pink rock into blue-green pools. It’s a short stop; an itinerary allows about ten minutes. For a photo, keep the layered ledges and turquoise water together in the frame—that contrast is the whole draw.
Why the rocks are redThe ledges are tilted argillite in the Grinnell Formation, part of Glacier’s ancient Belt rocks.
The ledges are tilted argillite in the Grinnell Formation, part of Glacier’s ancient Belt rocks. Iron in these sediments oxidized when the old Belt Sea retreated and exposed them to oxygen, leaving the rusty red color beside the creek.
Fit it into your driveThe point sits along Going-to-the-Sun Road, so access follows the road’s seasonal opening and…
The point sits along Going-to-the-Sun Road, so access follows the road’s seasonal opening and weather conditions. Check the park’s current road status before making it a 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.
