Grinnell Falls
Grinnell Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,749 m. Mount Merritt stands 3,054 m to the north-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Angel Wing, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Grinnell Falls is a waterfall in Glacier National Park, Montana, US. Grinnell Falls have several major drops in its 960 feet (290 m) descent from Grinnell Glacier with the highest estimated at 280 ft (85 m). The falls are in the Many Glacier region of the park, between Mount Grinnell and Angel Wing.
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Wikidata Q85764621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1749 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Angel Wing: 0.5 mi
- Mount Grinnell: 1.0 mi
- Mount Gould: 1.4 mi
- Haystack Butte: 2.1 mi
- Swiftcurrent Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Salamander Falls: 0.9 mi
- Feather Plume Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.2 mi
- Haystack Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Morning Eagle Falls: 2.1 mi
- Grinnell Point: 2.4 mi
- Glacier Wall: 4.7 mi
- Dragon’s Tail: 7.4 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 12.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 13.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.1 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 2.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 2.5 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Belton Stage Park: 23.1 mi
- Apgar Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Great Northern Flats: 23.0 mi
- Silver Dollar Beach: 10.2 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Grinnell Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Merritt | NNW 338° | 3,054 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | SE 126° | 3,052 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | ESE 119° | 2,992 m | 4.3 mi |
| Going-to-the-Sun Mountain | SE 142° | 2,939 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | NNW 334° | 2,913 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | S 169° | 2,911 m | 1.4 mi |
| Little Chief Mountain | SE 145° | 2,867 m | 10.0 mi |
| Allen Mountain | E 96° | 2,864 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:06 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:53 | 21:42 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 09:26 | 16:46 | 17:42 |
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, 13 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/963462710
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 7 mi
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