Rising Sun Auto Camp
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Rising Sun Auto Camp
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| Location | 500 ft. N of Going-to-the-Sun Rd. at St. Mary Lake, Glacier NP, St. Mary, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°41′46″N 113°31′6″W / 48.69611°N 113.51833°WCoordinates: 48°41′46″N 113°31′6″W / 48.69611°N 113.51833°W |
| Architect | Glacier Park Hotel Co. |
| Architectural style | Other |
| MPS | Glacier National Park MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 95001574 |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1996 |
The Rising Sun Auto Camp, also known as the Roes Creek Auto Camp and the East Glacier Auto Camp preserves a portion of the built-up area of Glacier National Park that documents the second phase of tourist development in the park. 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 Going-to-the-Sun Road. 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, surrounded by a number of log tourist cabins., as well as a shower and laundry house and other supporting structures.
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