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Dawn Mist Falls

Dawn Mist Falls, a waterfall in Montana
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Dawn Mist Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,444 m. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the west-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gros Ventre Falls, a waterfall 1.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1444 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.90832, -113.72207

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 38
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 12.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Silver Dollar Beach: 17.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Dawn Mist Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ClevelandWNW 281°3,190 m5.8 mi
Mount MerrittSW 228°3,054 m3.9 mi
Mount SiyehSSE 165°3,052 m12.8 mi
Cracker BenchmarkSSE 163°2,992 m12.8 mi
Ipasha PeakSW 217°2,913 m4.9 mi
Mount GouldS 178°2,911 m11.4 mi
Kaina MountainNW 312°2,892 m4.7 mi
Allen MountainSSE 164°2,864 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0619:48
June solstice05:3220:5321:43
September equinox07:2218:5319:35
December solstice09:2716:4517:41

Local time (America/Edmonton).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232329374652605951403124
Precip in2.12.12.52.52.83.11.21.31.62.22.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST. Mary 1 SSW, 18 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs31.126.333.210237548725311180.481.579.239.7

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/962152499

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