Calamity Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on West Fork Rock Creek in Carbon County, Montana, in the Middle Rockies region. It lies about 13.5 miles west of Red Lodge and roughly 65.5 miles southwest of Billings as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Middle Rockies are high, glaciated mountain ranges with alpine peaks, subalpine fir and spruce forest, lodgepole pine and grassy intermontane valleys. Snowmelt streams cascade down glacial valleys and canyon walls. West Fork Rock Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 7 recorded waterfalls in Carbon County. Sentinel Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Five Mile Falls, an 880-foot tiered waterfall, is about 7.1 miles away. Martin Lake Falls, a 1,054-foot tiered waterfall, is about 9.7 miles away.
Calamity Falls is located at 45.1616° N, 109.5211° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.