Thunderbird Falls is a 400-foot waterfall on Thunderbird Creek in Glacier County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region. It lies about 39.2 miles north of Whitefish and roughly 142.9 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 400 feet it is taller than the typical Montana waterfall of about 250 feet, ranking 40th of 123 with a recorded height. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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.
Glacier County holds 83 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lake Frances Falls, a 1,625-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Brown Pass Falls, is about 1 miles away. Porcupine Ridge Falls, an 800-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Thunderbird Falls is located at 48.9407° N, 114.0325° 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.