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Gros Ventre Falls

Gros Ventre Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Gros Ventre Falls is a waterfall in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,457 m. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the west, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain Point, a cliff 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1457 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.93044, -113.74066

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 38
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 12.9 mi
Parks: 1
  • Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Silver Dollar Beach: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Gros Ventre Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ClevelandW 266°3,190 m4.9 mi
Mount MerrittSSW 207°3,054 m4.7 mi
Mount SiyehSSE 164°3,052 m14.5 mi
Cracker BenchmarkSSE 161°2,992 m14.5 mi
Vulture PeakWSW 244°2,937 m14.4 mi
Ipasha PeakSSW 201°2,913 m5.8 mi
Mount GouldS 175°2,911 m13.0 mi
Kaina MountainWNW 302°2,892 m3.1 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 50–80 °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, 19 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, 10 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/962102129

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