Running Eagle Falls

Worth the drive

Is it plungeworthy?

70feet tall

A plunge on Two Medicine Creek.

Scale45/60

Documentation20/20

Character14/20

The details

Type: Plunge
Watercourse: Two Medicine Creek
Coordinates: 48.49808, -113.3526

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About Running Eagle Falls

Running Eagle Falls is a 70-foot plunge in Montana, on Two Medicine Creek.

Fed largely by snowmelt, it runs hardest in late spring and early summer and can thin to a trickle by late season.

Plungeworthy rates Running Eagle Falls 7.9/10 — worth the drive. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.

What you'll find

The falls with a trick: in spring, water pours over the top ledge; by late summer the upper flow dries and the river erupts instead from a cave halfway down the cliff face — two different waterfalls in one, named for the Blackfeet warrior woman Running Eagle. A paved, wheelchair-accessible third of a mile — one of only two ADA trails in Glacier.

Getting there

Trailhead: Two Medicine Road, a mile past the entrance station
Parking: Large lot at the trailhead
Road: Paved; Two Medicine's multi-year road project pauses for the summer season (open May 29 – Sep 7, 2026)
Hike: 0.6 mi round trip, 20 ft of climb (easy)
Heads up: Visit twice — June for over-the-top, September for the cave trick. Two Medicine Campground is closed for all of 2026.

When to go

The 2026 window is May 29 – September 7 while construction rests; check status if traveling shoulder-season.

Rules & fees

Fee / pass: Glacier entrance pass; no 2026 reservation
Dogs: Not on trails
Camping: Two Medicine's campground closed 2026 — St. Mary or dispersed Blackfeet-side options instead
Warnings: Construction resumes fall 2026 through 2027 — verify access outside the summer window.

Researched from NPS — Two Medicine hiking · NPS — 2026 construction updates. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Running Eagle Falls recently? Post a conditions report below.

Where it is

Before you go

The pin marks the feature, not a trailhead or a legal route in. Some sit on private land or need a real hike, and conditions change with season and rain. Check local access, don't trespass, and never enter water — hot or cold — where it isn't safe.