Montana · Glacier National Park
Beaver Chief Falls
181 mi from Spokane · ~5 hr drive
No height recorded
Beaver Chief Falls is a named waterfall in Montana — about 181 miles from Spokane, WA. Full visit details below.
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city
- Spokane, WA · 181 mi · ~5 hr drive
- Elevation
- 5,262 ft (1604 m)
- Coordinates
- 48.5939°, -113.7644°
- Park
- Glacier National Park (NP)
- County
- Flathead
From Wikipedia: Beaver Chief Falls is a waterfall located in Glacier National Park, Montana, US. The falls emerge at the top of a hanging valley just beyond the outflow for Lake Ellen Wilson and descend in a series of braided drops a distance of nearly 1,300 feet (400 m), the tallest of which is recorded as being a straight drop of 517 ft (158 m). Below the hanging valley lies Lincoln Lake, where the cascades end. Somewhat inaccessible, the falls require a nearly 20-mile (32 km) round-trip hike to visit. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Beaver Chief Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
About Glacier National Park
Beaver Chief Falls is inside Glacier National Park, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: $35 per vehicle. Per vehicle, valid 7 days. Going-to-the-Sun Road requires vehicle reservation in summer. An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units and is worth it after ~3 park visits per year.
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/glac/
Visiting Beaver Chief Falls
The exact location is at 48.5939°, -113.7644° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
If you've visited Beaver Chief Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
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Sources
Location and tag data for Beaver Chief Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.