Driving Roads / Going-to-the-Sun Road
Going-to-the-Sun Road
This roughly 50-mile engineering marvel crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, carved into sheer cliffs with glacier and valley views. It runs about 50 miles along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Montana. Drive time: about 1 h 50 min one way.
Best time to go: July to mid October. Lower sections open all year; the alpine section over Logan Pass usually opens fully by early July and typically stays open until the third Monday of October, weather permitting.
Sources: Length · High point · Best time. Drive time is the route time for the mapped route without stops, from Mapbox.
What to track on Going-to-the-Sun Road
Record the full pass crossing and keep the time and distance in your drive log. A narrow alpine route where patience beats speed.
Seasonal, narrow and exposed with tight vehicle-size limits; drive slowly, use pullouts, and never stop in the roadway.
Record your run on Going-to-the-Sun Road
Open Road keeps every drive: the route on a map, the time and the distance. On iPhone and Android.
Questions, answered
- How long is Going-to-the-Sun Road?
- Going-to-the-Sun Road runs about 50 miles along Going-to-the-Sun Road. Drive time: about 1 h 50 min one way.
- Where is Going-to-the-Sun Road?
- Going-to-the-Sun Road is in Montana, following Going-to-the-Sun Road.
- How high does Going-to-the-Sun Road climb?
- The high point is 6,646 ft at Logan Pass.
- When is the best time to drive Going-to-the-Sun Road?
- July to mid October. Lower sections open all year; the alpine section over Logan Pass usually opens fully by early July and typically stays open until the third Monday of October, weather permitting.
- What's the best app to track a drive on Going-to-the-Sun Road?
- Open Road records the whole run and saves it to your drive log with the route, distance and drive time, and the road joins your map of every road you have driven. It is on iPhone and Android.