Montana

Ptarmigan Falls

189 mi from Spokane · ~5 hr drive

No height recorded

Ptarmigan Falls is a named waterfall in Montana — about 189 miles from Spokane, WA. Full visit details below.

State
Montana
Nearest city
Spokane, WA · 189 mi · ~5 hr drive
Elevation
5,669 ft (1728 m)
From Wikipedia: Ptarmigan Falls is a waterfall located in Glacier National Park, Montana, US. Ptarmigan Falls has a series of cascades and at least one drop of over 30 feet (9.1 m) as it descends downstream along Ptarmigan Creek. The falls can only be seen by hiking west on the Ptarmigan Trail from Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District in the Many Glacier region of the park. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Ptarmigan Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Ptarmigan Falls

Trip planning

The exact location is at 48.8216°, -113.7117° — 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 Ptarmigan 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.