List of glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.) facts for kids

Chaney Glacier, 2004

There are at least 35 named glaciers in Glacier National Park (U.S.). At the end of the Little Ice Age about 1850, the area containing the national park had 150 glaciers. There are 25 active glaciers remaining in the park today. Since the latest interglacial period began 10,000 years ago, there have been regular climate shifts causing periods of glacier growth or melt-back. The glaciers are currently being studied to see the effect of global warming. The glaciers in the park have been in a general state of retreat since at least the year 1850, which is oftentimes cited as the end of the Little Ice Age, when midlatitude glaciers reached their largest historical maximum. Though believed in the early 2000s that most of the glaciers in the park would disappear by the year 2020, more recent studies now give the year 2030 as a more likely date for this disappearance. A study done in 2003 on two glaciers indicated they would be completely gone by the year 2030, though some other glaciers may remain as small isolated ice bodies for a longer duration.

• Agassiz Glacier – 48°55′58″N 114°09′34″W / 48.93278°N 114.15944°W / 48.93278; -114.15944 (Agassiz Glacier); 7,858 feet (2,395 m)
• Ahern Glacier – 48°50′32″N 113°47′01″W / 48.84222°N 113.78361°W / 48.84222; -113.78361 (Ahern Glacier); 8,169 feet (2,490 m)

Black and white photo of Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo by T. J. Hileman ca. 1938. Part of James Willard Schultz Photos and Personal Papers Collection, Montana State University.

• Baby Glacier – 48°54′19″N 114°09′14″W / 48.90528°N 114.15389°W / 48.90528; -114.15389 (Baby Glacier); 6,804 feet (2,074 m)
• Blackfoot Glacier – 48°35′40″N 113°40′12″W / 48.59444°N 113.67000°W / 48.59444; -113.67000 (Blackfoot Glacier); 7,513 feet (2,290 m)
• Boulder Glacier – 48°57′27″N 114°05′14″W / 48.95750°N 114.08722°W / 48.95750; -114.08722 (Boulder Glacier); 7,762 feet (2,366 m)
• Carter Glaciers – 48°53′09″N 114°02′29″W / 48.88583°N 114.04139°W / 48.88583; -114.04139 (Carter Glaciers); 7,605 feet (2,318 m)
• Chaney Glacier – 48°51′06″N 113°49′48″W / 48.85167°N 113.83000°W / 48.85167; -113.83000 (Chaney Glacier); 7,408 feet (2,258 m)
• Dixon Glacier – 48°55′43″N 114°00′55″W / 48.92861°N 114.01528°W / 48.92861; -114.01528 (Dixon Glacier); 7,480 feet (2,280 m)
• Gem Glacier – 48°44′48″N 113°43′40″W / 48.74667°N 113.72778°W / 48.74667; -113.72778 (Gem Glacier); 8,179 feet (2,493 m)
• Grinnell Glacier – 48°45′06″N 113°43′39″W / 48.75167°N 113.72750°W / 48.75167; -113.72750 (Grinnell Glacier); 6,686 feet (2,038 m)
• Harris Glacier – 48°56′57″N 114°13′45″W / 48.94917°N 114.22917°W / 48.94917; -114.22917 (Harris Glacier); 6,476 feet (1,974 m)
• Harrison Glacier – 48°35′34″N 113°43′49″W / 48.59278°N 113.73028°W / 48.59278; -113.73028 (Harrison Glacier); 8,484 feet (2,586 m)
• Herbst Glacier – 48°59′11″N 114°03′05″W / 48.98639°N 114.05139°W / 48.98639; -114.05139 (Herbst Glacier); 7,287 feet (2,221 m)
• Hudson Glacier – 48°57′54″N 114°02′40″W / 48.96500°N 114.04444°W / 48.96500; -114.04444 (Hudson Glacier); 7,031 feet (2,143 m)
• Ipasha Glacier – 48°50′30″N 113°48′53″W / 48.84167°N 113.81472°W / 48.84167; -113.81472 (Ipasha Glacier); 7,736 feet (2,358 m)
• Jackson Glacier – 48°35′55″N 113°42′04″W / 48.59861°N 113.70111°W / 48.59861; -113.70111 (Jackson Glacier); 7,310 feet (2,230 m)

• Kintla Glacier – 48°55′44″N 114°11′55″W / 48.92889°N 114.19861°W / 48.92889; -114.19861 (Kintla Glacier); 7,785 feet (2,373 m)
• Logan Glacier – 48°36′07″N 113°38′00″W / 48.60194°N 113.63333°W / 48.60194; -113.63333 (Logan Glacier); 7,188 feet (2,191 m)
• Lupfer Glacier – 48°28′38″N 113°30′44″W / 48.47722°N 113.51222°W / 48.47722; -113.51222 (Lupfer Glacier); 6,217 feet (1,895 m)
• Miche Wabun Glacier – 48°56′51″N 113°50′03″W / 48.94750°N 113.83417°W / 48.94750; -113.83417 (Miche Wabun Glacier); 6,995 feet (2,132 m)
• North Swiftcurrent Glacier – 48°47′20″N 113°46′08″W / 48.78889°N 113.76889°W / 48.78889; -113.76889 (North Swiftcurrent Glacier); 7,169 feet (2,185 m)
• Old Sun Glacier – 48°52′21″N 113°46′38″W / 48.87250°N 113.77722°W / 48.87250; -113.77722 (Old Sun Glacier); 8,566 feet (2,611 m)
• Piegan Glacier – 48°42′29″N 113°41′02″W / 48.70806°N 113.68389°W / 48.70806; -113.68389 (Piegan Glacier); 8,205 feet (2,501 m)
• Pumpelly Glacier – 48°35′00″N 113°39′33″W / 48.58333°N 113.65917°W / 48.58333; -113.65917 (Pumpelly Glacier); 8,445 feet (2,574 m)
• Pumpkin Glacier – 48°35′03″N 113°39′27″W / 48.58417°N 113.65750°W / 48.58417; -113.65750 (Pumpkin Glacier); 8,232 feet (2,509 m)
• Rainbow Glacier – 48°52′45″N 114°05′13″W / 48.87917°N 114.08694°W / 48.87917; -114.08694 (Rainbow Glacier); 8,222 feet (2,506 m)
• Red Eagle Glacier – 48°35′34″N 113°37′08″W / 48.59278°N 113.61889°W / 48.59278; -113.61889 (Red Eagle Glacier); 7,044 feet (2,147 m)
• The Salamander Glacier – 48°45′29″N 113°44′18″W / 48.75806°N 113.73833°W / 48.75806; -113.73833 (Salamander Glacier); 7,231 feet (2,204 m)
• Sexton Glacier – 48°42′06″N 113°38′06″W / 48.70167°N 113.63500°W / 48.70167; -113.63500; 7,303 feet (2,226 m)
• Shepard Glacier – 48°51′51″N 113°51′34″W / 48.86417°N 113.85944°W / 48.86417; -113.85944 (Shepard Glacier); 7,595 feet (2,315 m)
• Siyeh Glacier – 48°43′52″N 113°39′17″W / 48.73111°N 113.65472°W / 48.73111; -113.65472 (Siyeh Glacier); 7,073 feet (2,156 m)
• Sperry Glacier – 48°37′23″N 113°45′44″W / 48.62306°N 113.76222°W / 48.62306; -113.76222 (Sperry Glacier); 8,022 feet (2,445 m)
• Swiftcurrent Glacier – 48°46′04″N 113°44′41″W / 48.76778°N 113.74472°W / 48.76778; -113.74472 (Swiftcurrent Glacier); 7,411 feet (2,259 m)
• Thunderbird Glacier – 48°56′03″N 114°02′23″W / 48.93417°N 114.03972°W / 48.93417; -114.03972 (Thunderbird Glacier); 7,516 feet (2,291 m)
• Two Ocean Glacier – 48°49′57″N 114°00′41″W / 48.83250°N 114.01139°W / 48.83250; -114.01139 (Two Ocean Glacier); 8,015 feet (2,443 m)
• Vulture Glacier – 48°49′36″N 114°01′20″W / 48.82667°N 114.02222°W / 48.82667; -114.02222 (Vulture Glacier); 8,172 feet (2,491 m)
• Weasel Collar Glacier – 48°53′40″N 114°03′52″W / 48.89444°N 114.06444°W / 48.89444; -114.06444 (Weasel Collar Glacier); 7,185 feet (2,190 m)
• Whitecrow Glacier – 48°55′19″N 113°50′08″W / 48.92194°N 113.83556°W / 48.92194; -113.83556 (Whitecrow Glacier); 6,952 feet (2,119 m)