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Overview
About Haystack Creek Falls
Why stop
- A distinctive cascade passes directly beneath Going-to-the-Sun Road.
Heads up
- The flow is strongest during snowmelt and can be thinner later in summer.
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Haystack Creek Falls, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Glacier National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Bird Woman Falls and Haystack Creek0:00 / 0:33
“Up ahead is Bird Woman Falls Overlook, a quick stop for a tall waterfall across the valley. Look between Mount Oberlin and Mount Cannon for the long white drop; at this distance, it can seem surprisingly small.”
Plays as you drive up to Haystack Creek Falls in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
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“Our first time to glacier and we used the audio portion for Going to the Sun Road. Wonderful information with perfect advice of what to see and do along the road.”
Guide
More about Haystack Creek Falls
A waterfall under the roadHaystack Creek Falls is a stepped cascade on the west side of Going-to-the-Sun Road, between…
Haystack Creek Falls is a stepped cascade on the west side of Going-to-the-Sun Road, between The Loop and Weeping Wall. The creek runs over exposed rock, passes beneath the highway through a stone-faced culvert, then continues downhill. The road crosses the falls themselves, a quick sight that is easy to miss from the moving car.
Where to see itTreat this as a drive-by landmark.
Treat this as a drive-by landmark. The confirmed place to park for a view of Haystack Falls is Bird Woman Falls Overlook, which also looks across the valley toward Bird Woman Falls. Use its parking area rather than stopping on the road or approaching the culvert.
When the water is strongestSnowmelt makes the cascade fuller in early summer; it usually thins as summer goes on.
Snowmelt makes the cascade fuller in early summer; it usually thins as summer goes on. The high section of Going-to-the-Sun Road closes seasonally, so check current park road conditions before planning a visit.
Notice the crossingThe falls are worth a second look for the way the road meets the stream: water drops over the…
The falls are worth a second look for the way the road meets the stream: water drops over the rock steps, disappears through the stone-faced opening, and reappears below. From Bird Woman Falls Overlook, include some of the surrounding slope in your photo so the white cascade does not disappear against the rock.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Glacier
404 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
11 sightingsWolverineMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
1,173 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
395 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
506 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Glacier. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
