The Rising Sun Auto Camp, also known as the Roes Creek Auto Camp, East Glacier Auto Camp or simply Rising Sun preserves a portion of the built-up area of Glacier National Park that documents the second phase of tourist development in the park. Rising Sun is located along the

Going-to-the-Sun Road Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana. The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that trave ...

, approximately from the east entrance to Glacier National Park,

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, United States. Rising Sun is a wayside area that has a

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campground, a camp store and gift shop, picnic area, restaurant, as well as a motel and guest cabins which are managed by the park's concessionaire
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In the immediate area, there is also a boat dock as well as sightseeing boats which allow visitors to tour

Saint Mary Lake Saint Mary Lake is the second-largest lake in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. Located on the east side of the park, Going-to-the-Sun Road parallels the lake along its north shore. At an elevation of , Saint Mary Lake's wate ...

, the second largest lake in the park. "The most popular spot for laciertourists is Rising Sun, an overlook of Goose Island in St. Mary Lake and one of the most photographed spots in the park."

Establishment

After the creation of a series of hotels for train-borne visitors, courtesy of the Great Northern Railway's hotel concession, facilities were developed for the increasing numbers of automobile-borne tourists, drawn to Glacier by the

. The Rising Sun Auto Camp was created for these new tourists. Located in the Rising Sun region of the park, it includes a rustic general store, built in 1941 by the

Glacier Park Hotel Company The Glacier Park Company, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway (GN), constructed and operated hotels, chalets, and other visitor facilities in Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta from the 1910s through 19 ...

, surrounded by a number of log tourist cabins., as well as a shower and laundry house and other supporting structures. The Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins preserves historic paintings donated by Glacier Park, Inc. The pieces were originally owned and/or commissioned by the Great Northern Railway, and many depict iconic scenes from in and around Glacier National Park. All are estimated to have originated between 1909 and 1915 and created by John Fery, Frank Stick, R.H. Palenske and Charles Defeo.

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The Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin also known as the Baring Cabin was destroyed by the Reynolds Creek Wildland Fire in July 2015. The Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin and the Rising Sun Auto Camp are listed on the

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* * Rustic architecture in Montana Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier County, Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road Hotel buildings completed in 1941 1941 establishments in Montana Great Northern Railway (U.S.) hotels {{Montana-NRHP-stub

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