Monument Falls
Montana · height not recorded · Glacier National Park · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Monument Falls is light today (25 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. The park has an active closure alert: "Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure."
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 25.4 cfs (bottom 0% of the last 30 days, vs. 38.2 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
24.6 cfs
Swiftcurrent Creek at Many · 38m ago
Overnight
25°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
38°F
Partly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 8:09 AM · Sunset 6:28 PM · 10h 18m
Other park alerts
- Going-to-the-Sun Road Seasonal Closure(Park Closure)
Snapshot built 10m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS MSO.
Monument Falls is a waterfall in Flathead County, Montana. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Monument Falls sits in Flathead County, Montana. The falls are inside Glacier National Park, a US National Park. The base sits at roughly 4,346 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 21 minutes from West Glacier. No mapped trail runs within 200 meters — expect bushwhacking or off-trail navigation to reach the lip. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
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.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 05014500 · 11.6 mi away
Swiftcurrent Creek at Many Glacier MT
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
View live discharge data →
30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 24.9 cfs · 102% of last year — similar
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Falls (this page) | — | — | — | N | — |
| Akaiyan Falls | 3 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Feather Woman Falls | 3 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Beaver Medicine Falls | 4 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Florence Falls | 4 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Sacred Dancing Cascade | 4 mi | — | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Monument Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
Is Monument Falls in a national or state park?
Yes — Monument Falls is inside Glacier National Park. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.
Can I bring my dog to Monument Falls?
No — dogs are not allowed on trails here. Most National Park trails prohibit pets to protect wildlife. Service animals are an exception per ADA.
How far is Monument Falls from a major city?
Monument Falls is 15 miles from West Glacier (about 21 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
48.6497, -113.7725
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Falls
Wikidata (Q85786214)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85786214
GeoNames (5667069)
https://www.geonames.org/5667069/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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