Montana

Beaver Chief Falls

181 mi from Spokane · ~5 hr drive

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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)
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.

Visiting Beaver Chief Falls

Trip planning

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.

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Sources

Public data

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.