Many Glacier Campground, Glacier National Park

Trailheads, lakes and grizzlies on Glacier’s east side.

Many Glacier is the hikers’ campground in Glacier: trails to Grinnell Glacier, Iceberg Lake and Ptarmigan Tunnel start close by, and the Swiftcurrent Motor Inn next door has showers, a camp store and a restaurant. Sites are small and wooded, only 13 fit rigs up to 35 feet, and there’s no cell service. Most sites open on a rolling six-month window and a handful four days out, and they go fast; no vehicle reservation was needed to enter the park in 2026.

At a glance

Sites

109

Big rigs

13 sites up to 35 ft; most fit towed units under 21 ft

Hookups

None; dump station, showers at Swiftcurrent

Reservations

6 months rolling; some sites 4 days out

Nightly

$30 summer, $20 primitive

What’s here

• Tent sites
• Pets allowed
• Backcountry

Gear, rentals and guides

• Glacier Park Boat Company

  Narrated boat tours on Swiftcurrent and Josephine lakes, which also shorten the Grinnell Glacier hike.

• Glacier Guides and Montana Raft

  Guided day hikes and backpacking trips in the park.

• Red Bus Tours

  Narrated tours in Glacier’s historic open-top red buses.

Where to stay

• lodgeMany Glacier Hotel

  Grand historic hotel on Swiftcurrent Lake; open June 3 to Sept 20 in 2027.

  5 min drive
• cabinSwiftcurrent Motor Inn and Cabins

  Simple motel rooms and cabins next to the campground.

  Next door
• hotelSt. Mary Village

  Rooms from budget motel to upscale at the east end of Going-to-the-Sun Road.

  40 min drive

Nearby

• Grinnell Glacier · 5 min drive

  About 11 miles round trip to the glacier, or roughly 7.5 if you ride the boats across two lakes.

• Iceberg Lake · Walk from camp

  About 10 miles round trip to a cirque lake that holds ice well into summer.

• Waterton Lakes National Park · 1 hr 30 min drive

  Glacier’s Canadian sister park; bring a passport.

Getting there

• Glacier Park International (FCA) · about 2 hr 45 min drive
• Great Falls · about 2.75 hr
• Calgary · about 3.5 hr

Directions in Google Maps