St. Mary, Montana

File:St. Mary Montana Downtown Looking North US89.jpg

Downtown St. Mary looking north on U.S. Route 89

St. Mary is an unincorporated community on the western border of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation adjacent to Glacier National Park in Glacier County, Montana, United States. The village is the eastern terminus of the Going-to-the-Sun Road which bisects the park east to west, a distance of 53 mi (85 km). Fewer than 50 people reside in the village year-round; however, the population increases tenfold on a busy summer evening. Several lodges, restaurants and cafés, a small grocery store, two gas stations and campgrounds are located in the village. A large housing area for National Park Service personnel is located adjacent to the village, but within the park.

U.S. Route 89 passes through the village, which lies between Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park and Lower St. Mary Lake on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, St. Mary has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

See also

• Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stations

Images

• St. Mary Montana Sign looking north US89.jpg

  Looking north at the sign for St. Mary

• St. Mary Montana Panorama looking NW on US89.jpg

  Panorama for St. Mary

• St. Mary Montana Sign Looking South US89.jpg

  Looking south at St. Mary's sign