Mission Falls is a waterfall on Mission Creek in Lake County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 1,000 feet. It lies about 15.3 miles southeast of Ronan and roughly 32.2 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 1,000 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Montana’s 123 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 12th; the typical Montana waterfall is about 250 feet. The tallest single drop is 160 feet. The water comes down as 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. Mission Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Mission Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 5 recorded waterfalls in Lake County. Elizabeth Falls, 600 feet high, is under a mile away. Falls Creek Falls, is about 6.9 miles away. Terrace Falls, 280 feet high, is about 12.7 miles away.
Mission Falls is located at 47.3367° N, 113.9398° 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.