14 Nearest Hospitals & Emergency Services to Glacier National Park

For an injury on the west side that needs an emergency department, Logan Health – Whitefish is the closest 24/7 ER from the West Entrance at about 25 miles and roughly 30 minutes in normal conditions. The drive estimate is not a park-wide promise: your starting point, traffic, road work, weather, and seasonal access can change it.

The hospital is at 1600 Hospital Way in Whitefish and has an 11-bed emergency department with two resuscitation/trauma beds. Its facility information identifies it as a State of Montana Level 4 trauma center. Use the emergency department for severe bleeding, chest pain, trouble breathing, major head injury, suspected spinal injury, loss of consciousness, or any condition that cannot safely wait.

Kalispell is the west-side destination for more serious trauma and higher-level regional care. Logan Health Medical Center is about 32 miles from the West Entrance, with a normal drive estimate of 40–50 minutes; from Logan Pass, Many Glacier, or another remote park area, the actual transport time is much longer and may involve stabilization elsewhere first.

The medical center is the area's Level III trauma option identified in the supplied regional research. A patient may first be stabilized at a rural emergency department, then transferred to Kalispell or another regional trauma center when the injury requires capabilities that are not available locally.

At 100 Rea Road near the West Entrance, Logan Health Walk-In Care – West Glacier is the practical stop for minor cuts, sprains, basic medical advice, and other lower-acuity problems. It offers walk-in care, digital X-ray, and a CLIA laboratory; it is not a full emergency department.

The clinic is open daily from 9 AM to 5 PM from Memorial Day through September 30. It is closed outside that seasonal window, so winter visitors need to plan on care outside the park.

For visitors near St. Mary, Many Glacier, or the park's east side, Logan Health – Cut Bank is a practical emergency-care destination at about 35 miles from the St. Mary Entrance and roughly 45 minutes in normal conditions. The route can take longer when roads, weather, construction, congestion, or seasonal restrictions intervene.

Cut Bank is a critical-access hospital with a 24/7 emergency department. Serious trauma may be stabilized there and transferred to Kalispell or another regional trauma center. Glacier County EMS, based in Cut Bank, provides 365-day ambulance service with advanced-life-support capability and medical transport.

Blackfeet Community Hospital in Browning is an east-side option with a 28-bed facility, emergency room, urgent or same-day care, pharmacy, imaging, laboratory services, and helipad-transfer facilities. Its published phone number is (406) 338-6100.

Emergency, urgent-care, and pharmacy services are listed by the Indian Health Service facility page. Patient eligibility and service details can vary, so contact the hospital or use emergency dispatch for immediate medical needs rather than assuming a service is available for every situation.

Logan Health's A.L.E.R.T. helicopter program is based in Kalispell and serves Glacier National Park, Cut Bank, Browning, and surrounding rural areas within an approximately 350-mile radius. It is a hospital-based air-ambulance service for serious medical transport.

Air-medical transport is not guaranteed by the service radius. Dispatch decisions, weather, aircraft availability, terrain, a suitable landing area, and the patient's condition all affect whether a flight can be launched and where the patient is taken. Rangers, park dispatch, EMS, or a treating facility coordinate activation as part of the emergency response; do not delay a 911 or park-dispatch call while trying to arrange a helicopter yourself.