Montana · Glacier National Park
Monument Falls
182 mi from Spokane · ~5 hr drive
No height recorded
Monument Falls is a named waterfall in Montana — about 182 miles from Spokane, WA. Full visit details below.
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city
- Spokane, WA · 182 mi · ~5 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 48.6497°, -113.7725°
- Park
- Glacier National Park (NP)
- County
- Flathead
From Wikipedia: Monument Falls is a waterfall located in Glacier National Park, Montana, US. It descends from meltwater off Sperry Glacier en route to Avalanche Lake. Numerous other waterfalls are located in the immediate area, but they remain unnamed. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Monument Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
About Glacier National Park
Monument 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 Monument Falls
The exact location is at 48.6497°, -113.7725° — 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 Monument Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
Other waterfalls within 30 miles
Sources
Location and tag data for Monument 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.