Apikuni Falls
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Apikuni Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,735 m. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Altyn Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Altyn Peak: 0.6 mi
- Apikuni Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Henkel: 1.9 mi
- Crowfeet Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Wynn Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Swiftcurrent Falls: 1.1 mi
- Ptarmigan Falls: 3.1 mi
- Redrock Falls: 3.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.1 mi
- Grinnell Falls: 5.0 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.6 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 9.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 9.7 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 11.8 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 6.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 7.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 7.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 10.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Apikuni Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | NW 309° | 3,190 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Merritt | WNW 301° | 3,054 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | S 183° | 3,052 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | S 178° | 2,992 m | 5.7 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | S 178° | 2,939 m | 8.5 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | WNW 292° | 2,913 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Gould | SSW 213° | 2,911 m | 5.9 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | NW 324° | 2,892 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:46 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 31.1 | 26.3 | 33.2 | 102 | 375 | 487 | 253 | 111 | 80.4 | 81.5 | 79.2 | 39.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Swiftcurrent Creek at Many Glacier MT, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Glacier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/963468708
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 11 mi
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