Pray Lake at Sunset – Two Medicine Campground, Glacier

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Photograph of Pray Lake at sunset in Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is famous for its picturesque natural beauty, and if you’ve ever camped at Two Medicine Campground, you’ve likely witnessed this small but beautiful lake just as the sun went down. Something magical happens for a short while in the evening. The distant hills and mountains light up, almost as if on fire. If you are lucky, they … Read More

Hidden Lake Closeup

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Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park may be one of its most iconic features, and it’s no surprise why. This beautiful blue-green alpine lake photographs well in any season and from every angle. It is flanked by beautiful mountains and surrounded by various pine trees, often with a thick blanket of snow during most of the year. This is the … Read More

Foggy Day at Trout Lake

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Trout Lake in Northeastern Yellowstone National Park is an often-overlooked beauty that I highly recommend you visit. It’s right near the very popular Lamar Valley so if you’re in the area, you can easily take an hour to do the 1.2 mile round-trip hike that circles the entire lake. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous, and this was especially true on … Read More

Twin Lakes off Beartooth Highway

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Photo of two lakes in Yellowstone

If you’ve ever entered Yellowstone National Park via the Beartooth Highway, you know just how beautiful and awe-inspiring this seldom-visited stretch of the park is. Most of the time you are towering over glacial lakes and river canyons. At one point, just South of where the Beartooth Highway crosses over from Montana into Wyoming in the Shoshone National Forest, you’ll … Read More