Heavy Runner Mountain, Glacier National Park

Name: Heavy Runner Mountain
Address: Glacier National Park, United States

#13 among attractions in Glacier National Park

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Heavy Runner Mountain, Glacier National Park

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Heavy Runner Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The summit is a little over a mile east-northeast of Reynolds Mountain and is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road as well as Logan Pass. The mountain is named for the Blackfeet Indian Chief, Heavy Runner, who was massacred along with most of his encampment by Col. Eugene M. Baker's detachment on the Marias River on January 23, 1870. ()

Coordinates: 48°40'37"N, 113°41'38"W

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Heavy Runner Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hidden Lake, Reynolds Mountain, Pollock Mountain, Clements Mountain.

2.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park
60 min walk • Hidden Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Hidden Lake is surrounded by numerous peaks, including Bearhat Mountain to the southwest, Dragons Tail to the south, Clements Mountain to the north, and Reynolds Mountain to the east.
1.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Reynolds Mountain, Glacier National Park
35 min walk • Reynolds Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Reynolds Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide and is easily seen from Logan Pass by looking due south from the pass.
2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pollock Mountain, Glacier National Park
72 min walk • Pollock Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Pollock Mountain is situated along the Continental Divide and is one of the peaks along the Garden Wall and is approximately.6 miles south of Bishops Cap.
2.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Clements Mountain, Glacier National Park
61 min walk • Clements Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Clements Mountain rises to the west of Logan Pass and above the Hidden Lake Trail which leads to Hidden Lake just west of the continental divide.
2.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Oberlin, Glacier National Park
69 min walk • Mount Oberlin is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount Oberlin is just northwest of Logan Pass.
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bishops Cap, Glacier National Park
86 min walk • Bishops Cap is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Located above the Garden Wall and straddling the Continental Divide, when viewed from the south at Logan Pass, the peak appears to resemble a Bishop's headwear.
1.7 miNW
Valley, Park
Logan Pass Visitor Center, Glacier National Park
43 min walk • The Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park was constructed at the summit of the Going-to-the-Sun Road during the Mission 66 park facilities improvement program. The design concept was originated by architect Cecil J. Doty of the National Park Service Western Office of Design and Construction. Burt L.
2.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fusillade Mountain, Glacier National Park
73 min walk • Fusillade Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Fusillade Mountain lies immediately north of Gunsight Lake at the western terminus of the St. Mary Valley and can be seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piegan Mountain, Glacier National Park
60 min walk • Piegan Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Piegan Glacier is located in a cirque immediately southeast of the summit.
3.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bearhat Mountain, Glacier National Park
84 min walk • Bearhat Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Bearhat Mountain is immediately west of Hidden Lake. The mountain was named after a Kootenai Native American, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1932.
3.4 miN
Mountain
Cataract Mountain, Glacier National Park
87 min walk • Cataract Mountain is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Cataract Mountain is.70 miles NNE of Piegan Mountain and more than a mile west of Mount Siyeh.

Heavy Runner Mountain, Glacier National Park

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Heavy Runner Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)