Montana · Glacier National Park
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)
- Coordinates
- 48.8216°, -113.7117°
- Park
- Glacier National Park (NP)
- County
- Glacier
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.
About Glacier National Park
Ptarmigan 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 Ptarmigan Falls
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.
If you've visited Ptarmigan 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 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.