Glacier National Park is not located near any major cities. The nearest city is Kalispell, Montana. Nearby larger cities include Great Falls, Montana and Calgary, Alberta.
I don't know in miles or kilometers but I have driven from Calgary to Glacier after being in Banff. Banff is only about 70 miles west of Calgary so just over an hour. The trip to Glacier from Calgary took a few hours. The whole trip could easily be done in one day.
The driving distance from Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Glacier National Park is 228 miles per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 4 hours and 33 minutes.
In southeastern Alaska.
a little over three hours
Waterton Lakes National Park is in the southwestern-most corner of Alberta and Glacier is in northwestern Montana. The two parks share the international boundary.
The Athabasca River starts at the Columbia Glacier in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
It is about 1200 mi from Edmonton to Yellowstone. The route takes you trough Calgary and by Glacier National Park in the US.
Glacier National Park is located in northern Montana along Montana's border with the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.
The closest airport is Glacier Park International, located in Kalispell, MT. Other airports reasonably closeby include Great Falls, MT and Calgary, AB. Some folks with private aircraft might find closer airstrips, such as Browning, MT or even Babb, MT.
The 5 world heritage sites in Alberta are Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountain parks and Waterton Glacier International Peace Park.
* Fryingpan Glacier * Nisqually Glacier * Paradise Glacier * Pyramid Glacier * Puyallup Glacier * South Tahoma Glacier * Tahoma Glacier * Success Glacier * Sarvent Glacier