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 Kelly Roth, Field Camp Program
Director 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.
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 cell phone is available
for emergency calls.
Big Creek is staffed by Maggie Neal Doherty, Big Creek
Program Director and experienced educators whose
backgrounds are in outdoor 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.
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