Red Eagle Lake, Glacier National Park

#163 among attractions in Glacier National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Red Eagle Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Red Eagle Mountain rises to the west of the lake and Saint Mary Lake is to the north. Red Eagle Lake is accessible from the Triple Divide Trail and is a 7.6 miles hike from St. Mary, Montana. ()

Length: 3960 ftWidth: 1584 ftElevation: 4724 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 48°39'8"N, 113°30'25"W

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Day trips

Red Eagle Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rising Sun Auto Camp, Kakitos Mountain, Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin, Little Chief.

3.1 miN
Rustic architecture
Rising Sun Auto Camp, Glacier National Park
79 min walk • The Rising Sun Auto Camp, also known as the Roes Creek Auto Camp, East Glacier Auto Camp or simply Rising Sun preserves a portion of the built-up area of Glacier National Park that documents the second phase of tourist development in the park.
1.6 miSE
Mountain
Kakitos Mountain, Glacier National Park
42 min walk • Kakitos Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Kakitos Mountain is 1.63 miles north of Medicine Owl Peak. Kakitos is the Blackfoot word for "star".
3 miN
Rustic architecture
Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin, Glacier National Park
76 min walk • The Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin, also known as the Rising Sun Campground Ranger Cabin, in Glacier National Park is an example of the National Park Service Rustic style.
2.8 miN
Ship
Little Chief, Glacier National Park
72 min walk • Little Chief is a 1926 boat plying Saint Mary Lake, renamed from Rising Wolf in 1990 after a major restoration. It is a 45 feet long boat which is 12 feet wide, made of planked cedar on an oak frame. Its stem and keel are made of fir and it has a steel stem band.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Chief Mountain, Glacier National Park
104 min walk • Little Chief Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Little Chief Mountain is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road, rising to the south of Saint Mary Lake.
2.8 miNW
Sizable lake with abundant wildlife
Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park
71 min walk • Saint Mary Lake is the second-largest lake in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. Located on the east side of the park, Going-to-the-Sun Road parallels the lake along its north shore.
4.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount James, Glacier National Park
121 min walk • Mount James is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount James is 1.35 miles northeast of Triple Divide Peak.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mahtotopa Mountain, Glacier National Park
73 min walk • Mahtotopa Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mahtotopa Mountain rises to the south above Saint Mary Lake midway between Red Eagle Mountain and Little Chief Mountain and can be easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road to the southwest of Rising Sun.
1.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Red Eagle Mountain, Glacier National Park
49 min walk • Red Eagle Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Red Eagle Mountain rises more than 4,000 ft above Saint Mary Lake and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the entrance to the park from the village of St.
2.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Curly Bear Mountain, Glacier National Park
61 min walk • Curly Bear Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Curly Bear Mountain is easily seen from the village of Saint Mary, Montana rising just west of Divide Mountain.
2.1 miW
Mountain
Dusty Star Mountain, Glacier National Park
53 min walk • Dusty Star Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Connected by an arête to Citadel Mountain to the south, Dusty Star Mountain lies to the south and across the Saint Mary Valley from Going-to-the-Sun Mountain.