Gros Ventre Falls
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
- 1,457 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Kaina Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Sentinel Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Gable Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Natoas Peak: 4.0 mi
- Dawn Mist Falls: 1.7 mi
- Miche Wabun Falls: 3.8 mi
- White Quiver Falls: 4.6 mi
- Mokowanis Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Atsina Falls: 6.4 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 0.5 mi
- Grinnell Point: 10.2 mi
- The Hawksbill: 12.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 14.1 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 11.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 13.0 mi
- Outpost Wetlands Natural Area: 12.9 mi
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | W 266° | 3,190 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Merritt | SSW 207° | 3,054 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Siyeh | SSE 164° | 3,052 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cracker Benchmark | SSE 161° | 2,992 m | 14.5 mi |
| Vulture Peak | WSW 244° | 2,937 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ipasha Peak | SSW 201° | 2,913 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Gould | S 175° | 2,911 m | 13.0 mi |
| Kaina Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,892 m | 3.1 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 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 09:27 | 16:45 | 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, 19 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/962102129
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- Glacier National Park · 17 mi
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