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Crooked Falls

Crooked Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Crooked Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 953 m. Comers Butte stands 1,650 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Kings Hill Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Height
5.79 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.53591, -111.19635

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Giant Springs State Park: 1.4 mi
  • Heron Park: 2.4 mi
  • Graybill Park: 2.8 mi
  • Pinski Park: 2.9 mi
  • Black Eagle Memorial Island: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Indian Butte: 3.2 mi
  • Smelter Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Hill Fifty-seven: 6.5 mi
  • Gobbler Knob: 9.2 mi
  • Red Butte: 12.2 mi
Museums: 9
Waterfalls: 3
Attractions: 3
Springs: 3
  • Giant Springs: 1.6 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Newman Spring: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 3
Historic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
  • West Side Orchard Garden: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crooked Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comers ButteESE 112°1,650 m24.7 mi
Gossack MountainE 90°1,578 m23.3 mi
Harris MountainE 91°1,544 m21.6 mi
Belt ButteSE 126°1,415 m18.1 mi
Creamery HillS 173°1,341 m20.2 mi
Blankenbaker HillSSE 163°1,322 m19.6 mi
Mahoney HillSSE 162°1,308 m18.7 mi
Forest HillSSE 165°1,287 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2918:5719:38
June solstice05:2820:3821:27
September equinox07:1218:4419:24
December solstice08:1115:4416:37

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937465463706959483628
Precip in0.60.60.61.82.72.71.31.31.41.10.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Falls 16st, 5 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,9426,1126,4187,21410,74013,0578,1775,7105,3735,4965,7845,776

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Missouri River near Great Falls MT, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1752274232

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