During childhood camping in the Porcupine Mountains and Sleeping Bear Dunes of Michigan - from 1966 when I first saw Glacier National Park and all the years following to the present … Glacier again in 1972 and again in 1976, this park, along with many others (Mt. McKinley in Alaska twice, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Arcadia, The Great Smokey Mountains, The Everglades, Joshua Tree, Estes Park, and more - changed my life and permanently marked my soul in an amazing and life affirming way. Hitchhiking, Backpacking, Camping, etc. through all kinds of weather - a truly beautiful experience that I want to keep protected so my grandchildren too can have this experience.
Sincerely,
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows and lakes with habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.
State(s): Montana
Established: 1910
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