St. Mary or Saint Mary
[ (]Blackfeet
The Blackfeet Nation (, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Montana. Tribal members primarily belong ...
: , "Holy Woman") is an unincorporated community
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on the western border of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
The Blackfeet Nation (, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Montana. Tribal members primarily belong ...
adjacent to Glacier National Park in Glacier County, Montana
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, United States. The village is the eastern terminus of 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 trav ...
which bisects the park east to west, a distance of .
About 54 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
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personnel is located adjacent to the village, but within the park.
U.S. Route 89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern sectio ...
passes through the village, which lies between Saint Mary Lake
Saint Mary Lake is the second-largest lake in Glacier National Park (U.S.), 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 elevatio ...
in Glacier National Park and Lower St. Mary Lake on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Climate
This climatic
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorolog ...
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
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, St. Mary has a humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for St. Mary, Montana
weatherbase.com; accessed January 16, 2018.
Demographics
Images
File:St. Mary Montana Panorama looking NW on US89.jpg, Panorama for St. Mary
File:St. Mary Montana Sign Looking South US89.jpg, Looking south at St. Mary's sign
See also
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Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stations
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Mount James
Mount James () is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mount James is northeast of Triple Divide Peak. The Blackfeet name for the mountain is Ah'-kow-to-mak-an (Double Runner).
Geology
Like the mou ...
References
External links
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Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Unincorporated communities in Glacier County, Montana
Unincorporated communities in Montana
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