How Long Would It Take To Cover Every Acre In Glacier National Park?

Glacier National Park (GNP) is a big son of a gun. You could spend days upon days exploring GNP and all of its scenic destinations. Swim in Lake McDonald, drive Going-to-the-Sun Road, visit Many Glacier and everything in between.

It would take you years to visit every GNP acre. How long would it take you to visit every acre at GNP? Well, I'm glad you asked.

GNP's Facebook page posted on Facebook that there are 1,012,837 acres in park boundaries. They did the math and discovered that if you explored one GNP acre every day it would take you...

2,772 years to complete your journal.

It's going to take you a minute or two. GNP consists of 1,583 square miles of fantasy-like scenery. Even if you tackle a square mile a day, it will take you 1,583 days or 4.337 years. Maybe you're only interested in tackling all the hiking trails. Then it's still going to take you over 700 days to cover all 700+ hiking trail miles.

How many miles have you conquered? Send us a message with how many miles you've reached so far.

I've tackled 4/700 miles, so I have a ways to go.

Bottom line: GNP is MASSIVE.

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Happy World Ranger Day

By the way, happy World Ranger Day. GNP's Facebook page gave some recommendations on how to celebrate. Five ways to celebrate World Ranger Day:

1. Give a ranger a big thumbs up
2. Present an interpretive program to your friends and family
3. Identify a bird
4. Tell someone where the bathroom is
5. Wear a cool hat