Bird Woman Falls
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Bird Woman Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,739 m. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Oberlin, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Bird Woman Falls is a 560 feet (170 m) waterfall located immediately west of the continental divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States. The falls are readily visible from a distance of two miles (3.2 km) along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, which bisects the park east to west. The falls are fed by snowfields and a remnant glacier located on the north and west flanks of Mount Oberlin. The falls flow is greatest in late spring and early summer and has been known to almost cease flowing in the autumn.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q2418028, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 290 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Oberlin: 0.6 mi
- Clements Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Cannon: 1.6 mi
- Haystack Butte: 1.9 mi
- Bishops Cap: 2.1 mi
- Oberlin Falls: 1.2 mi
- Haystack Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 3.0 mi
- Piegan Falls: 3.2 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 3.3 mi
- Glacier Wall: 2.6 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 3.6 mi
- Grinnell Point: 6.2 mi
- McGee Hill: 15.2 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 15.7 mi
- Weeping Wall: 1.6 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.4 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 4.5 mi
- Glacier Highline: 24.1 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 16.1 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 19.3 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 19.9 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 23.8 mi
- Coram Experimental Forest: 24.1 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 9.9 mi
- North American Wildlife Museum: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Bird Woman Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | S 171° | 3,064 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Merritt | N 351° | 3,054 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | ENE 72° | 3,052 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | ENE 72° | 2,992 m | 5.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,939 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | N 350° | 2,913 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Gould | NNE 32° | 2,911 m | 2.8 mi |
| Blackfoot Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,909 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:26 | 15:47 | 16:42 |
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, 15 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, 8 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/962823501
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 3 mi
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