List of waterfalls in Montana explained
There are at least 120 named waterfalls in Montana.A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff. Waterfalls are most commonly formed when a river is young.[1]
- Akaiyan Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.6142°N -113.7847°W, el. 6985feet[2]
- Alpine Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.3928°N -110.9531°W, el. 8802feet[3]
- Apex Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.3972°N -110.9561°W, el. 8281feet[4]
- Apikuni Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8142°N -113.6425°W, el. 5522feet[5]
- Appistoki Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.4819°N -113.3525°W, el. 5512feet[6]
- Arch Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.4272°N -110.9611°W, el. 7342feet[7]
- Atlantic Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.5739°N -113.4506°W, el. 5367feet[8]
- Atsina Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8736°N -113.8506°W, el. 6247feet[9]
- Baring Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.6769°N -113.5931°W, el. 4564feet[10]
- Barrier Falls, Missoula County, Montana, 47.5667°N -113.4953°W, el. 4459feet[11]
- Beaver Chief Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.5939°N -113.7644°W, el. 5262feet[12]
- Beaver Medicine Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.6017°N -113.7961°W, el. 5545feet[13]
- Big Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 47.57°N -111.1231°W, el. 3012feet[14]
- Big Salmon Falls, Missoula County, Montana, 47.5131°N -113.5122°W, el. 5531feet[15]
- Bird Woman Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.7081°N -113.7475°W, el. 5751feet[16]
- Black Eagle Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 47.5208°N -111.2619°W, el. 3278feet[17]
- Boulder Falls, Ravalli County, Montana, 45.8597°N -114.3081°W, el. 5502feet[18]
- Buffalo Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 47.3636°N -111.9075°W, el. 3816feet[19]
- Calamity Falls, Carbon County, Montana, 45.1619°N -109.5203°W, el. 8182feet[20]
- Canyon Falls (Montana), Ravalli County, Montana, 46.2453°N -114.3208°W, el. 7054feet[21]
- Cascade Falls, Sanders County, Montana, 47.3028°N -114.8264°W, el. 2943feet[22]
- Cascade Falls, Park County, Montana, 45.4697°N -110.5603°W, el. 5568feet[23]
- Castner Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 47.3047°N -111.4969°W, el. 3543feet[24]
- Cataract Falls, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 47.3219°N -112.6039°W, el. 5321feet[25]
- Cedar Falls, Madison County, Montana, 45.2386°N -111.5172°W, el. 9311feet[26]
- Champagne Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.4078°N -110.9583°W, el. 7808feet[27]
- Charlie Falls, Carbon County, Montana, 45.1222°N -109.7244°W, el. 8445feet[28]
- Colter Falls (historical), Cascade County, Montana, 47.5375°N -111.2147°W, el. 3251feet[29]
- Crooked Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 47.5361°N -111.1964°W, el. 3136feet[30]
- Crow Creek Falls, Jefferson County, Montana, 46.3381°N -111.7908°W, el. 5636feet[31]
- Dawn Mist Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.9086°N -113.7217°W, el. 4711feet[32]
- Dawson Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.4233°N -113.2089°W, el. 4734feet[33]
- Deadwood Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.6667°N -113.6369°W, el. 4642feet[34]
- Dean Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 47.8775°N -113.2122°W, el. 4616feet[35]
- Double Falls, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 47.4069°N -112.7239°W, el. 5298feet[36]
- Elizabeth Falls, Lake County, Montana, 47.3392°N -113.9286°W, el. 5919feet[37]
- Feather Plume Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7511°N -113.7025°W, el. 6256feet[38]
- Feather Woman Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.6117°N -113.7789°W, el. 7192feet[39]
- Florence Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.6511°N -113.6925°W, el. 4980feet[40]
- Graves Creek Falls, Sanders County, Montana, 47.72°N -115.3789°W, el. 2835feet[41]
- Grinnell Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7625°N -113.7203°W, el. 5955feet[42]
- Gros Ventre Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.9303°N -113.7394°W, el. 4800feet[43]
- Grotto Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.4358°N -110.9639°W, el. 7146feet[44]
- Hidden Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7658°N -113.6956°W, el. 4977feet[45]
- Hole-in-the Wall Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.9619°N -114.0681°W, el. 6256feet[46]
- Hoodoo Cascade, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.3831°N -111.2453°W, el. 6985feet[47]
- Horsetail Falls, Park County, Montana, 45.4408°N -110.9164°W, el. 8389feet[48]
- Impasse Falls, Carbon County, Montana, 45.1178°N -109.7425°W, el. 9009feet[49]
- Ipasha Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8486°N -113.8072°W, el. 6283feet[50]
- Knowles Falls, Park County, Montana, 45.0117°N -110.5947°W, el. 5558feet[51]
- Kootenai Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.4556°N -115.7633°W, el. 1972feet[52]
- Lange Falls, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 47.6028°N -112.835°W, el. 5020feet[53]
- Little North Fork Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.76°N -115.3758°W, el. 3061feet[54]
- Lost Creek Falls, Mineral County, Montana, 47.1128°N -115.1203°W, el. 5302feet[55]
- Lower Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.9356°N -115.6817°W, el. 3123feet[56]
- Martin Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.5669°N -114.6864°W, el. 3753feet[57]
- McDonald Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.6403°N -113.8631°W, el. 3225feet[58]
- Memorial Falls (Montana), Cascade County, Montana, 46.9153°N -110.6931°W, el. 6188feet[59]
- Miche Wabun Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.9828°N -113.7711°W, el. 5548feet[60]
- Mill Falls, Teton County, Montana, 47.8589°N -112.7753°W, el. 5781feet[61]
- Mission Falls, Lake County, Montana, 47.3367°N -113.9392°W, el. 4941feet[62]
- Mokowanis Cascade, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8767°N -113.8411°W, el. 5676feet[63]
- Monture Falls, Powell County, Montana, 47.2647°N -113.1758°W, el. 5449feet[64]
- Monument Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.65°N -113.7719°W, el. 4272feet[65]
- Morning Eagle Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7358°N -113.6972°W, el. 5709feet[66]
- Morrell Falls, Powell County, Montana, 47.3011°N -113.4628°W, el. 5007feet[67]
- Mud Creek Falls, Lake County, Montana, 47.6161°N -114.0058°W, el. 5154feet[68]
- Needle Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 47.6117°N -113.205°W, el. 5190feet[69]
- North Fork Falls, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 47.1942°N -112.8947°W, el. 5407feet[70]
- Oberlin Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.6997°N -113.7233°W, el. 6480feet[71]
- Ousel Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.2392°N -111.3417°W, el. 6614feet[72]
- Overwhich Falls, Ravalli County, Montana, 45.7186°N -114.0772°W, el. 6529feet[73]
- Paiota Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8719°N -113.8497°W, el. 6240feet[74]
- Palisade Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.4717°N -110.9364°W, el. 7060feet[75]
- Palisades Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.4708°N -110.9286°W, el. 7490feet[76]
- Paradise Falls, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 46.7517°N -112.4639°W, el. 5377feet[77]
- Passage Falls, Park County, Montana, 45.2422°N -110.4972°W, el. 6440feet[78]
- Piegan Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7103°N -113.6772°W, el. 6962feet[79]
- Pinkham Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.8392°N -115.1719°W, el. 2815feet[80]
- Pintler Falls, Beaverhead County, Montana, 45.86°N -113.4456°W, el. 6417feet[81]
- Pioneer Falls, Madison County, Montana, 45.415°N -111.4053°W, el. 6758feet[82]
- Ptarmigan Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8214°N -113.7117°W, el. 5659feet[83]
- Rainbow Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.9494°N -113.8981°W, el. 4258feet[84]
- Rainbow Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 47.5333°N -111.2056°W, el. 3199feet[85]
- Raven Quiver Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8656°N -113.8472°W, el. 7077feet[86]
- Redrock Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7947°N -113.7108°W, el. 5125feet[87]
- Rock Creek Falls, Powell County, Montana, 46.4103°N -112.9625°W, el. 6053feet[88]
- Rockwell Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.4531°N -113.4036°W, el. 5466feet[89]
- Running Eagle Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.4981°N -113.3522°W, el. 5020feet[90]
- Sacred Dancing Cascade, Flathead County, Montana, 48.6422°N -113.8522°W, el. 3291feet[91]
- Saint Mary Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.6681°N -113.6172°W, el. 4560feet[92]
- Salamander Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7556°N -113.7358°W, el. 6991feet[93]
- Sentinel Falls, Carbon County, Montana, 45.1567°N -109.5283°W, el. 8366feet[94]
- Shower Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.3994°N -110.9569°W, el. 8140feet[95]
- Siksika Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.6175°N -113.6878°W, el. 5285feet[96]
- S'il Vous Plait Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.3939°N -110.9533°W, el. 8648feet[97]
- Silken Skein Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.42°N -110.9525°W, el. 8090feet[98]
- Skalkaho Falls, Ravalli County, Montana, 46.2575°N -113.8264°W, el. 6227feet[99]
- Snowshoe Falls, Missoula County, Montana, 46.6756°N -114.5711°W, el. 4455feet[100]
- Specimen Falls, Park County, Montana, 45.0572°N -110.4817°W, el. 8179feet[101]
- Star Falls, Ravalli County, Montana, 45.9119°N -113.5978°W, el. 6135feet[102]
- Sutton Creek Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.7703°N -115.2664°W, el. 3612feet[103]
- Swiftcurrent Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.7997°N -113.6553°W, el. 4856feet[104]
- Taylor Falls, Madison County, Montana, 45.0367°N -111.4075°W, el. 7674feet[105]
- Tenmile Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.6186°N -115.1719°W, el. 4042feet[106]
- Terrace Falls, Lake County, Montana, 47.52°N -113.9489°W, el. 6447feet[107]
- Thunderbird Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.9408°N -114.0328°W, el. 6663feet[108]
- Turner Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.8689°N -115.5803°W, el. 3576feet[109]
- Twin Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.4764°N -113.4267°W, el. 5321feet[110]
- Twin Falls, Gallatin County, Montana, 45.4303°N -110.9767°W, el. 8209feet[111]
- Two Medicine Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.4653°N -113.2214°W, el. 4757feet[112]
- Upper Big Timber Falls, Sweet Grass County, Montana, 46.0403°N -110.2478°W, el. 6690feet[113]
- Upper Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.9314°N -115.7172°W, el. 3284feet[114]
- Vermilion Falls, Sanders County, Montana, 47.8794°N -115.3553°W, el. 3412feet[115]
- Virginia Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.6606°N -113.6122°W, el. 4882feet[116]
- Whale Creek Falls, Flathead County, Montana, 48.8511°N -114.6028°W, el. 4495feet[117]
- White Quiver Falls, Glacier County, Montana, 48.8861°N -113.8147°W, el. 4885feet[118]
- Wolf Creek Falls, Fergus County, Montana, 47.535°N -109.6694°W, el. 2881feet[119]
- Woodbine Falls, Stillwater County, Montana, 45.3536°N -109.8856°W, el. 5814feet[120]
- Yaak Falls, Lincoln County, Montana, 48.6486°N -115.885°W, el. 2438feet[121]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: The Family Encyclopedia of Natural History . Rosalind . Carreck . 1982 . The Hamlyn Publishing Group . 978-0711202252 . 246–248 .
- 778894 . Akaiyan Falls.
- 778978 . Alpine Falls.
- 779095 . Apex Falls.
- 768318 . Apikuni Falls.
- 779103 . Appistoki Falls.
- 779116 . Arch Falls.
- 768389 . Atlantic Falls.
- 768391 . Atsina Falls.
- 768508 . Baring Falls.
- 779385 . Barrier Falls.
- 798961 . Beaver Chief Falls.
- 779628 . Beaver Medicine Falls.
- 768786 . Big Falls.
- 2571130 . Big Salmon Falls.
- 768888 . Bird Woman Falls.
- 1762312 . Black Eagle Falls.
- 780267 . Boulder Falls.
- 769349 . Buffalo Falls.
- 780770 . Calamity Falls.
- 780909 . Canyon Falls.
- 794312 . Cascade Falls.
- 781000 . Cascade Falls.
- 769664 . Castner Falls.
- 800566 . Cataract Falls.
- 781106 . Cedar Falls.
- 781153 . Champagne Falls.
- 794085 . Charlie Falls.
- 1762311 . Colter Falls (historical).
- 770324 . Crooked Falls.
- 781926 . Crow Creek Falls.
- 770485 . Dawn Mist Falls.
- 782123 . Dawson Falls.
- 770535 . Deadwood Falls.
- 782172 . Dean Falls.
- 800706 . Double Falls.
- 783047 . Elizabeth Falls.
- 798981 . Feather Plume Falls.
- 783334 . Feather Woman Falls.
- 771474 . Florence Falls.
- 784228 . Graves Creek Falls.
- 772002 . Grinnell Falls.
- 772009 . Gros Ventre Falls.
- 784366 . Grotto Falls.
- 772370 . Hidden Falls.
- 772467 . Hole-in-the Wall Falls.
- 784983 . Hoodoo Cascade.
- 785080 . Horsetail Falls.
- 794084 . Impasse Falls.
- 772711 . Ipasha Falls.
- 801019 . Knowles Falls.
- 785838 . Kootenai Falls.
- 794641 . Lange Falls.
- 806340 . Little North Fork Falls.
- 793644 . Lost Creek Falls.
- 794428 . Lower Falls.
- 786886 . Martin Falls.
- 774003 . McDonald Falls.
- 787183 . Memorial Falls.
- 774126 . Miche Wabun Falls.
- 794040 . Mill Falls.
- 787498 . Mission Falls.
- 774326 . Mokowanis Cascade.
- 787588 . Monture Falls.
- 774353 . Monument Falls.
- 774389 . Morning Eagle Falls.
- 787697 . Morrell Falls.
- 774458 . Mud Creek Falls.
- 787925 . Needle Falls.
- 801229 . North Fork Falls.
- 774909 . Oberlin Falls.
- 788521 . Ousel Falls.
- 788537 . Overwhich Falls.
- 775066 . Paiota Falls.
- 794539 . Palisade Falls.
- 788603 . Palisades Falls.
- 2355694 . Paradise Falls.
- 806997 . Passage Falls.
- 775209 . Piegan Falls.
- 794419 . Pinkham Falls.
- 788923 . Pintler Falls.
- 793717 . Pioneer Falls.
- 775479 . Ptarmigan Falls.
- 775533 . Rainbow Falls.
- 775534 . Rainbow Falls.
- 775603 . Raven Quiver Falls.
- 775678 . Redrock Falls.
- 789692 . Rock Creek Falls.
- 775871 . Rockwell Falls.
- 792374 . Running Eagle Falls.
- 776060 . Sacred Dancing Cascade.
- 776121 . Saint Mary Falls.
- 776139 . Salamander Falls.
- 790228 . Sentinel Falls.
- 790463 . Shower Falls.
- 776547 . Siksika Falls.
- 806833 . S'il Vous Plait Falls.
- 790490 . Silken Skein Falls.
- 790577 . Skalkaho Falls.
- 776715 . Snowshoe Falls.
- 791142 . Specimen Falls.
- 791441 . Star Falls.
- 794418 . Sutton Creek Falls.
- 777376 . Swiftcurrent Falls.
- 791918 . Taylor Falls.
- 799137 . Tenmile Falls.
- 792000 . Terrace Falls.
- 777625 . Thunderbird Falls.
- 794429 . Turner Falls.
- 777850 . Twin Falls.
- 792510 . Twin Falls.
- 792556 . Two Medicine Falls.
- 792610 . Upper Big Timber Falls.
- 794427 . Upper Falls.
- 794395 . Vermilion Falls.
- 778039 . Virginia Falls.
- 778332 . Whale Creek Falls.
- 778397 . White Quiver Falls.
- 778645 . Wolf Creek Falls.
- 806098 . Woodbine Falls.
- 793578 . Yaak Falls.