Visitors often park near this sign and take pictures. Forest abuts both sides of the road, and the middle fork of the Flathead River is less than a hundred yards away. From this spot, I and many other visitors have walked to the river bank. The Park headquarters building is less than a mile away. This locale is habitat to grizzlies and black bear. The very recent scat in a much visited place reinforces the lesson that bear live in Glacier National Park and nearby locales.