Tumble Creek Falls is a 480-foot waterfall on Tumble Creek in Sweet Grass County, Montana, in the Middle Rockies region. It lies about 30.7 miles west of Absarokee and roughly 79.7 miles west of Billings 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 Middle Rockies are high, glaciated mountain ranges with alpine peaks, subalpine fir and spruce forest, lodgepole pine and grassy intermontane valleys. Snowmelt streams cascade down glacial valleys and canyon walls.
Sweet Grass County holds 6 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. West Fork Falls, is about 4.3 miles away. Cathedral Creek Falls, 800 feet high, is about 4.3 miles away. Flood Creek Falls, 200 feet high, is about 4.9 miles away.
Tumble Creek Falls is located at 45.3559° N, 110.0310° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.