I think AUFANATL nailed it. Been there maybe a dozen times now and would duly recommend all those activities.

Going to the Sun Rd has been closed into August when I’ve been there before but that’s rare that late into the summer. If you were only there one day driving through the park beginning at Lake McDonald Lodge and pulling off at Logan’s Pass to do the Hidden Lake hike and stopping at all the overlooks would be my top suggestion. If you plan on camping I have a picture I took at Two Medicine Lake campground that’s been my desktop background for years. That’s my favorite campground in the park but it’s on the east side. Opposite entrance from where you’re coming from if leaving from Whitefish.

Whitefish is a bit further from the park. My brother lives there and it’s over half an hr drive each way to go to the park so gets to be a lot of driving if you plan on making the trip multiple days. My parents have a Airbnb less than a mile from the West Glacier entrance to the park and have views of the park from the house. First summer they’ll be renting it out.

If you’re only there a few days though I’d stick to AUFANATLs recommendations but Ill throw in another suggestion and say Polebridge and picnicking at Bowman Lake for anyone staying more than a few days. Interesting little community in the park with no electricity and you can stop at the Polebridge Mercantile to load up on drinks/snacks on the way to Bowman and we always see tons of deer on this gravel road.

The best kayaking trip I’ve done was the north and middle fork of flathead river if that’s your thing. I remember we did a full day rental last summer for $25/ea and picked those up on the way to the park and launched near Polebridge. There are plenty rental places between Whitefish and West Glacier. That was a lot of fun with beautiful scenery but that’s definitely an all day activity and unless you went with a tour group that could bus you back to your cars, requires your group to have multiple cars that can load kayaks since you’d need one at the pick up and drop offs.

ETA: fams favorite restaurant is Abruzzo in downtown whitefish. We make a reservation there every time we visit. Great Italian, carbonara pizza as an appetizer and they make their own pastas from scratch

This post was edited on 3/1/21 at 8:08 am