Feather Plume Falls
Feather Plume Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,955 m. Mount Jackson stands 3,064 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Angel Wing, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Feather Plume Falls is an ephemeral waterfall located above Cataract Creek in Glacier National Park, Montana, US. Feather Plume Falls have several major drops in its 1,500 feet (460 m) from Grinnell Glacier with the highest estimated at 1,080 ft (330 m). The falls are on the northeast slopes of Mount Gould in the Many Glacier region of the park.
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Wikidata Q85760698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1955 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Angel Wing: 0.6 mi
- Mount Gould: 0.8 mi
- Haystack Butte: 1.8 mi
- Bishops Cap: 1.8 mi
- Cataract Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.1 mi
- Grinnell Falls: 1.1 mi
- Salamander Falls: 1.5 mi
- Haystack Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.7 mi
- Glacier Wall: 4.9 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 6.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 12.9 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.0 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.5 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 3.4 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 22.9 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.2 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 9.1 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Feather Plume Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | S 185° | 3,064 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Merritt | NNW 335° | 3,054 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | ESE 123° | 3,052 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | ESE 114° | 2,992 m | 3.2 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SE 144° | 2,939 m | 5.1 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 331° | 2,913 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Gould | SW 224° | 2,911 m | 0.8 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SE 146° | 2,867 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:52 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| 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, 12 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, 4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/963565834
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 6 mi
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