Mokowanis Cascade is a waterfall on Mokowanis River in Glacier County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 480 feet. It lies about 38.1 miles northeast of Columbia Falls and roughly 138.7 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 480 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Montana’s 123 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 30th; the typical Montana waterfall is about 250 feet. 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. Mokowanis River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 560 feet.
There are 83 recorded waterfalls in Glacier County. Atsina Falls, a 320-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Paiota Falls, a 320-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Raven Quiver Falls, a 560-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away.
Mokowanis Cascade is located at 48.8765° N, 113.8413° 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.