Wilson Glacier is located on the east slopes of Mount Adams, a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington.

[3] Wilson Glacier has been in a general state of retreat for over 100 years and lost 14 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006.

[4] In an earlier publication in the Mazamas club journal he had left it unnamed.

[5] The present name of Wilson Glacier was given by Claude Ewing Rusk to honor President Woodrow Wilson for being the president during World War I.

[6] This name was later moved to the cliffs above the Rusk and Wilson Glaciers.