McDermott Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Swiftcurrent Creek in Glacier County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region. It lies about 33.5 miles northwest of North Browning and roughly 134.1 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for Montana, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 250 feet; it ranks 101st of 123. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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. Swiftcurrent Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and McDermott Falls is the tallest of them.
Glacier County holds 83 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Apikuni Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Redrock Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away. Ptarmigan Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 3 miles away.
McDermott Falls is located at 48.8001° N, 113.6552° 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.