7 days in Cumming & Glacier National Park Itinerary

Cumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, and the sole incorporated area in the county. You'll find plenty of places to visit near Cumming: Cool Springs Blueberry Farm (in Gainesville), Brasstown Bald (in Blairsville) and Mercier Orchards (in Blue Ridge). There's still lots to do: relax and float downstream with Rolling Thunder River Company, trot along with Appalachian Trail Rides, test your team's savvy at Paranoia Quest Escape the room, and walk around Little Mulberry Park.

To find more things to do and more tourist information, you can read our Cumming road trip planning site.

New York City to Cumming is an approximately 6-hour combination of flight and car. You can also drive. August in Cumming sees daily highs of 87°F and lows of 67°F at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 10th (Mon) early enough to travel to Glacier National Park.

The glaciers from which Glacier National Park takes its name mostly dissipated eons ago, but they left behind a scoured landscape of high and steep mountain peaks, sparkling lakes, lush alpine meadows, and thick forests.

Start off your visit on the 11th (Tue): admire the sheer force of Virginia Falls, then take some stellar pictures from Jackson Glacier Overlook, then cruise along Going-to-the-Sun Road, and finally appreciate the views at Logan Pass. Here are some ideas for day two: explore the activities along McDonald Creek and then explore the striking landscape at Grinnell Glacier.

To see where to stay, traveler tips, ratings, and more tourist information, you can read our Glacier National Park travel planning tool.

The Route module can help you plan travel from Cumming to Glacier National Park. The time zone difference moving from Eastern Standard Time (EST) to Mountain Standard Time (MST) is minus 2 hours. Traveling from Cumming in August, expect slightly colder with lows of 48°F in Glacier National Park. Wrap up your sightseeing by early afternoon on the 13th (Thu) to allow time for travel back home.