Haystack Falls is a waterfall on Haystack Creek in Flathead County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 250 feet. It lies about 32.2 miles northeast of Columbia Falls and roughly 129.5 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 250 feet it is taller than the typical Montana waterfall of about 250 feet, ranking 59th of 123 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Canadian Rockies in Montana are high, glaciated mountains of sharp peaks, cirques and U-shaped valleys with spruce-fir and lodgepole forest. Meltwater from snowfields and glaciers feeds spectacular cascades.
There are 48 recorded waterfalls in Flathead County. Weeping Wall Falls, a segmented waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Salamander Falls, a 440-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Grinnell Falls, a 960-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Haystack Falls is located at 48.7387° N, 113.7448° 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.