Where to See Loon in Glacier National Park

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Loon sightings in Glacier

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Where Loon has been reported, from 75 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM9% of the busiest hour5 AM72% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM83% of the busiest hour8 AM72% of the busiest hour9 AM67% of the busiest hour10 AM61% of the busiest hour11 AM56% of the busiest hourNoon56% of the busiest hour1 PM61% of the busiest hour2 PM61% of the busiest hour3 PM67% of the busiest hour4 PM72% of the busiest hour5 PM80% of the busiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PM94% of the busiest hour8 PM98% of the busiest hour9 PM56% of the busiest hour10 PM22% of the busiest hour11 PM9% of the busiest hour

Loon is most seen 6 AM and 6–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Loon sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	9%
5 AM	72%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	83%
8 AM	72%
9 AM	67%
10 AM	61%
11 AM	56%
Noon	56%
1 PM	61%
2 PM	61%
3 PM	67%
4 PM	72%
5 PM	80%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	94%
8 PM	98%
9 PM	56%
10 PM	22%
11 PM	9%

Audio tour

Hear about Loon on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Glacier, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Glacier Tour Guide

Why a Loon Needs a Runway

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“Common loons are built for diving. Dense bones help them sink, and large webbed feet, set far back on the body, drive them through the water after fish.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Glacier Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Glacier spots that mention Loon

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Loon. A good start, never a guarantee.

Trails

EasyHowe Lake Trail3.9 mi · 2.3 hrA mellow walk to lily pads and filtered mountain views

EasyHidden Meadow Trail3 mi · 1.6 hrA young forest walk that opens at a homestead pond.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Glacier

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404 sightingsGrizzly BearUrsus arctosMost seen 5–8 AM & 7–10 PMSighting map

11 sightingsWolverineGulo guloMost seen 6 AM & 8–10 PMSighting map

1,173 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

395 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 5–7 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

506 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

43 sightingsGray WolfCanis lupusMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

44 sightingsWapitiCervus canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 8 PMSighting map

Where to see Loon in Glacier