Lake Frances Falls is a waterfall on meltwater of Dixon Glacier in Glacier County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 1,625 feet. It lies about 39 miles north of Whitefish and roughly 142.5 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 1,625 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 123 Montana waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 4th. The tallest single drop is 585 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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 83 recorded waterfalls in Glacier County. Thunderbird Falls, a 400-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Porcupine Ridge Falls, an 800-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Brown Pass Falls, is about 1.9 miles away.
Lake Frances Falls is located at 48.9340° N, 114.0141° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.