St. Mary

St. Mary is a town located near the eastern entrance to Glacier National Park in Northwestern Montana.

Understand

Basically a place to pick up supplies before heading into the park.

Get in

On US 89 at the junction to the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Get around

There are two pull car areas, one near the lodge, the other near the Park Cafe.

See

• Saint Mary Visitor Center (Directly after the park entrance.). National Park information (updated Jul 2015)

Buy

There is a supermarket and two gift shops as well as two fuel stations.

Eat

• Park Cafe, 3147 Hwy 89, ☏ +1 406 732-4482. Jul-Aug: 7AM-10PM daily; Jun,Sep: 7AM-9PM daily. Expect to wait an hour or longer on weekends as weary hikers and local residents alike crowd the small restaurant for their famous pies (those in the know go early for the fresh strawberry pie, which usually sells out before dinnertime). The other menu items are many and of good quality. Mid price range. No reservations. Park Cafe closes for the off-season (mid-September). 

Also consider heading up the highway toward Babb and the Two Sisters.

Drink

• Kipp's Beer Garden. 

Sleep

• 1 St. Mary Lodge, Cabins, and Motel, US Hwy 89 and Going-to-the-Sun Rd, ☏ +1 406 732-4431. Lodge rooms $89-149, motel rooms $129-199, cabins $229-419. 

Go next

• Glacier National Park
• Babb. Located a few miles north of St. Mary, this town also caters to park visitors.

Routes through St. Mary

Fort Macleod ← Babb ←

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