Red Eagle Mountain, Glacier National Park

Name: Red Eagle Mountain
Address: Glacier National Park, United States

#130 among attractions in Glacier National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. Mary, Montana as well as at Rising Sun. The mountain was named according to James Willard Schultz, "by his Indian wife in 1887, for her uncle, Red Eagle, who had saved their son's life with his prayers to the Sun". ()

Elevation: 8881 ftProminence: 801 ftCoordinates: 48°39'16"N, 113°32'56"W

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Red Eagle Mountain – 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.

3.2 miNE
Rustic architecture
Rising Sun Auto Camp, Glacier National Park
82 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.
3.1 miSE
Mountain
Kakitos Mountain, Glacier National Park
80 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 miNE
Rustic architecture
Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin, Glacier National Park
78 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.
2.7 miNE
Ship
Little Chief, Glacier National Park
70 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.
4.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Otokomi Lake, Glacier National Park
125 min walk • Otokomi Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Otokomi Lake is in a cirque north of Goat Mountain. The lake is a 5.2 miles hike by trail from the Rising Sun Auto Camp.
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Chief Mountain, Glacier National Park
57 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 miN
Sizable lake with abundant wildlife
Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park
51 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.
0.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mahtotopa Mountain, Glacier National Park
24 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.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, Glacier National Park
120 min walk • Going-to-the-Sun Mountain is a 9,647-foot mountain peak located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. It rises dramatically above St. Mary Valley just north of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The mountain was named by James Willard Schultz in 1888.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Curly Bear Mountain, Glacier National Park
109 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.
~1660 ftSW
Mountain
Dusty Star Mountain, Glacier National Park
9 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.