Parking
South Shore Trailhead, behind the Two Medicine boat-rental office; parking fees and capacity were not confirmed.
Overview
About Paradise Point Trail
Why go
- A short forest approach reaches a small lakeside beach and mountain view.
Heads up
- The beach is small, and the return follows the same path.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation5,171–5,256 ft
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Best time to go
Safety
1 active Glacier alert
- ClosureTwo Medicine Campground closed for 2026 constructionTwo Medicine Campground is closed throughout 2026 because of construction in the Two Medicine developed area.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Paradise Point Trail, 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.
See the Glacier audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
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 this trailhead 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.”
Trail guide
Hiking Paradise Point Trail
A short shoreline out-and-backParadise Point is a 1.
Paradise Point is a 1.2-mile out-and-back from the South Shore Trailhead to a small beach on Two Medicine Lake. Start behind the boat-rental office, follow the South Shore Trail for about 0.2 mile, then take the lakeward branch. Published one-way distances vary slightly, from 0.6 to 0.7 mile; the shorter figure matches the mapped walk.
Take the lakeward forkThe approach passes through lodgepole pine and subalpine fir, with a small meadow near the lake.
The approach passes through lodgepole pine and subalpine fir, with a small meadow near the lake. At the fork, go right toward the water rather than continuing along the South Shore route. The path rolls over a low hill; the park lists about 88 feet of gain one way, and visitors mention an uphill start. It is an easy short walk, but pay attention at the junction.
A small beach at the endThe trail finishes at a small gravel-and-stone beach on the peninsula, with Two Medicine Lake…
The trail finishes at a small gravel-and-stone beach on the peninsula, with Two Medicine Lake and the surrounding peaks in view. There is room to pause, though the landing is modest. If the water is calm, include the rocky shoreline in the foreground to catch the mountain reflections.
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.
