Big
Creek Outdoor Education Center
The Big Creek Outdoor Education Center,
a historic Flathead National Forest Ranger Station, is
located along the Wild and Scenic North Fork of the Flathead
River adjacent to Glacier National Park, a twenty minute
drive from West Glacier. The Big Creek campus includes
two bunkhouses with bathrooms, a main dining hall (which
can accommodate up to forty people), a meeting room, a
large classroom, a twenty foot tepee and additional teaching
space. Big Creek runs on a generator for electricity and
has no public phone service, although a radio phone is
available for emergency calls.
Big Creek is staffed by the Big Creek Program
Manager and experienced educators whose backgrounds are
in environmental education and the sciences. Since 1988,
Big Creek has been home to our Youth Science Adventure
Camps, Discovery School and several adult field courses
which operates under a special use permit with
the Flathead National Forest.
The Glacier Park Field Camp and/or Big Creek Outdoor Education
Center can be rented for custom programs, small conferences,
trainings and retreats. For more information, please contact
register@glacierinstitute.org or our Main Office at (406)
755-1211.
NOTE: Tent and RV camping
and pets are allowed at established campgrounds adjacent
to both campuses.
Glacier Park Field Camp
The Glacier Park Field Camp, a National
Park Service facility operated by The Glacier Institute,
is located just inside the West Glacier entrance of Glacier
National Park. On a bluff overlooking the Middle Fork of
the Flathead River, Field Camp is home to five, comfortable
hostel-style cabins that can be reserved by students for
$30 per bed per night. Field Camp has a community kitchen
where students can store and cook food, an energy efficient
bathhouse with hot showers, a classroom and the Morris
Brown Myerowitz Memorial Library, which contains a diversity
of books and audiovisual materials relevant to Glacier
National Park and the surrounding areas.
Field Camp is staffed by the Field Camp Program
Manager and experienced naturalists, who bring added expertise
to each course. Since 1983, Field Camp has been home for
many of our adult field courses, family and custom programs.
The facility is open from April to October.
NOTE: If you plan to arrive
at Field Camp after 9:00 p.m., please notify the Field
Camp at (406) 888-5215.
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