Baring Falls
Baring Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,393 m. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Mary Falls, a waterfall 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 7.7 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mahtotopa Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Going-to-the-Sun Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Little Chief Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Red Eagle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Saint Mary Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower Virginia Falls: 1.4 mi
- Upper Virginia Falls: 1.4 mi
- Deadwood Falls: 2.1 mi
- Piegan Falls: 4.5 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 6.9 mi
- Grinnell Point: 8.6 mi
- Glacier Wall: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Slide: 11.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 7.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 8.7 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 10.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 2.8 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Baring Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | SW 228° | 3,064 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | NW 324° | 3,052 m | 4.4 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | NNW 332° | 2,992 m | 4.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | WNW 296° | 2,939 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Gould | NW 309° | 2,911 m | 7.2 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SSW 208° | 2,909 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | S 182° | 2,867 m | 2.2 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NNW 332° | 2,864 m | 6.3 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 | 21:41 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:25 | 15:46 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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, 9 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, 9 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/963490231
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 9 mi
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