Glacier National Park

Rocky Mountain preserve

Glacier National Park is a wilderness preserve in northwestern Montana along the Canadian border, known for its rugged mountain terrain, glacial lakes, and remnant glaciers.

Established in 1910, the park encompasses over a million acres of the Rocky Mountains.

The Going-to-the-Sun Road crosses the Continental Divide through the park's interior: We drove Going-to-the-Sun Road through Glacier National Park.

Opposites
geographic climate/environment

Glacier National ParkMojave Desert

Southwestern American arid region

Sahara Desert · Sonoran Desert · Joshua Tree National Park · Everglades National Park · Amazon Rainforest

natural vs. built environment

Glacier National ParkManhattan

NYC's densest borough

Times Square · strip mall · parking lot · Las Vegas · Las Vegas Strip

preservation vs. development

Glacier National Parkstrip mine

Surface-level ore extraction

oil field · fracking site

Family

glacier, glacial, glaciate, glaciated, glaciation, glaciers, nation, national, nationally

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Top 500,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G