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Aspen Trunks
Photograph by Michael Melford
Brimming with summer snowmelt, Glacier National Park's Lake Sherburne overflows into a tangle of aspens on its shore. Glacier is home to more than 20 different tree species.
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Yellow Bear Grass
Photograph by Willard Clay/Getty Images
Local Native American tribes call Glacier National Park in Montana the “Backbone of the World.” Logan Pass, the highest point on Going-to-the-Sun Road, is known for its wildflowers, including the bear grass shown here, which is able to thrive in scorched earth after wildfires.
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Multicolored Cobbles
Photograph by Michael Melford
The glass-clear waters of St. Mary Lake slosh in a glacier-carved basin 10 miles (1.6 kilometers) long, shuffling cobbles that line the bottom like decks of playing cards.
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Iceberg Lake
Photograph by Marshall Wilson, submitted to My Shot
Wide panoramas lead to the turquoise waters of Iceberg Lake, a tarn that sits in a cirque that was carved out by glacial activity eons ago. Even in the middle of summer, chunks of ice can bob in the Glacier National Park lake.
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Kayaker at Bowman Lake
Photograph by Woods Wheatcroft
Hidden from most visitors' eyes, Bowman Lake—reachable only by gravel road—is tucked into the remote North Fork region of Glacier National Park. A small campground, usually uncrowded, is a local favorite.
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Northern Rocky Mountains
Photograph by Lowell Georgia
The tremendous range of topography in Glacier National Park supports more than a million acres (400,000 hectares) of forests, alpine meadows, lakes, rugged peaks and glacial-carved valleys in the Northern Rocky Mountains.
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Mountain Goats
Photograph by Skip Brown
Shaggy mountain goats have spectacular views high in Glacier National Park. The goats and other animals come to Goat Lick Overlook and four other spots in the park to lick the mineral-laden cliffs.
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Lower Grinnell Lake
Photograph by Ian Shive/Getty Images
Lower Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park gets its name from George Bird Grinnell, an early explorer who pushed to get the park created. His efforts were rewarded in 1910, when President Taft signed the bill that established Glacier as a U.S. national park.
