Rising Sun is located along the Going-to-the-Sun Road,[2] approximately 7 miles (11 km) from the east entrance to Glacier National Park,[3] Montana, United States.
Located in the Rising Sun region of the park, it includes a rustic general store,[14] built in 1941 by the Glacier Park Hotel Company, surrounded by a number of log tourist cabins.,[15] as well as a shower and laundry house and other supporting structures.
[16] The Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins preserves historic paintings donated by Glacier Park, Inc.
The pieces were originally owned and/or commissioned by the Great Northern Railway, and many depict iconic scenes from in and around Glacier National Park.
All are estimated to have originated between 1909 and 1915 and created by John Fery, Frank Stick, R.H. Palenske and Charles Defeo.