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Nearby Restaurants See all 8 nearby restaurants. Nearby Attractions See all 54 nearby attractions. To continue on towards Johns Lake hikers should proceed towards the right. As you proceed towards the lake the trail passes through a quiet old-growth forest of red cedars and hemlocks. Roughly one-third of a mile from the trailhead you'll catch a glimpse of the lake through the trees. You'll also notice a side trail that leads directly to its shore.

Johns Lake is surrounded by a dense forest, and its shore is lined with water lilies and wetland grasses. Forming a picture perfect backdrop against the lake is foot Stanton Mountain and foot Mount Vaught. If your timing's right you'll have a nice reflection of the mountains in the water. Hikers should note, however, that the shore area is usually quite boggy, making it somewhat difficult to get close to the lake.

This area is also a good place to possibly spot a moose. A short distance from the lake, after returning to the main trail, hikers will arrive at the Avalanche Lake Trail junction, which veers to the right.

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To continue on the loop you should proceed left and remain on the Johns Lake Trail, which now begins heading towards Sacred Dancing Cascade. After crossing the road, follow the path that leads to the Sacred Dancing Cascade parking area. Of the over lakes within Glacier National park, are named. Glacier's water can be considered the headwaters of the entire continent. From Triple Divide Peak, a droplet can theoretically split three ways and eventually make it to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Hudson Bay watersheds.

Glacially-carved Most of the low-elevation lakes are the remnants of long glacial valleys dammed at their outlets by end moraines. Look at a map of the park and you will see these finger-like lakes stretching away from the Continental Divide.

Just like the U-shaped valleys they often fill, these long lakes have a bathtub shape—deep with steep sides. At 10 miles long 16 km and feet deep At high elevations, most lakes exist as glacial tarns , new lakes filling the bottoms of ice-scoured amphitheaters. They often have small end moraines at their lower ends as well, sometimes with a headwall waterfall which isolates them from fish migration.