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Overview
About Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins
Why stop
- A useful base for St. Mary Lake, boat trips and east-side hikes.
Heads up
- Basic rooms have no TV, air conditioning or in-room phone.
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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 Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins, 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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Rising Sun: Food and Lakeshore0:00 / 0:31
“You're nearing Rising Sun, a useful place for a meal and a short walk by St. Mary Lake. Two Dog Flats Grill at the motor inn serves American comfort food, including build-your-own burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads.”
Plays as you drive up to Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins 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 Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins
A base for the east sideRising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins is a 72-unit lodging campus on Going-to-the-Sun Road, six miles…
Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins is a 72-unit lodging campus on Going-to-the-Sun Road, six miles west of St. Mary Visitor Center and about 12 miles from Logan Pass. Its rustic cabins and motel rooms make it a practical summer base if you want to spend your days on the east side. St. Mary Lake is about a quarter mile away, with hikes, boat cruises and Red Bus tours available from this area.
Keep expectations simpleThe motel rooms sit on a hillside above the complex; the cabins are duplex-style.
The motel rooms sit on a hillside above the complex; the cabins are duplex-style. The rooms are basic: no television, air conditioning or in-room phone, and Wi-Fi is limited to a hotspot in common areas. I'd pick Rising Sun for its location, not for a high-comfort stay. A limited number of accessible rooms are available.
Grill, store and a little historyTwo Dog Flats Grill serves burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads.
Two Dog Flats Grill serves burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads. The general store and gift shop carry groceries and outdoor supplies, handy when you're staying in the park. The property dates to 1940 and was renovated in 2015. It's seasonal lodging, so plan around its summer operating window.
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.
