Surrounded by Wilderness
N 48° 23.137 W 114° 06.160
11U E 714501 N 5363217
Hwy 2 runs through several different Wilderness Areas on its long journey.
Waymark Code: WMJ4KT
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2013
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You are at the gateway in the Upper Flathead River which drains Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex (The Bob ? and the southeastern corner of British Columbia. 219 miles of the three forks of the Flathead are designed as federal wild and scenic river, which means they are maintained to maintain their natural primitive environments ? unpolluted waters.
Directly to the south of here is the Swan Mountain Range which stretches in an unbroken line for 100 miles. No road crosses the top of it. East of the Swan Range is the Bob.
Just around the next corner going toward the park you can look east into the Great Bear Wilderness created in 1978 to the vital habitat in the park and the Bob for the grizzly bear and other wildlife.
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A winding road hugs the cliff in a river bed near Glacier National Park.
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