Great Falls may refer to:

Communities

''All located in the United States; listed alphabetically by state'' * Great Falls, Montana, a city in Cascade County * Great Falls, New Hampshire, and early name of the current city of

Somersworth, New Hampshire Somersworth is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,855 at the 2020 census. Somersworth has the smallest area and third-lowest population of New Hampshire's 13 cities. History Somersworth, originally ca ...

* Great Falls, South Carolina, a town in Chester County *

Great Falls, Virginia Great Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 15,427, an increase of 80.5% from the 2000 census. History Colonial farm settlements began to form in the area a ...

, a census-designated place in Fairfax County ** Great Falls Crossing, Virginia, a census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia

Historic locations

''All located in the United States'' * Great Falls Depot, in Great Falls, South Carolina * Great Falls Downtown Historic District, in Great Falls, South Carolina * Great Falls Historic District, in Windham, Maine *

Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad The Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (GF&OD) was an interurban trolley line that ran in Northern Virginia during the early 20th century. History Chartered in 1900 by a group of local landowners and acquired in 1902 by John Roll McLean (o ...

, in Northern Virginia *

Great Falls Portage The Great Falls Portage is the route taken by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 to portage around the Great Falls (Missouri River), Great Falls of the Missouri River during the outbound portion of the expedition. The portage took 31 days. ...

, a route taken by the Lewis and Clark Expedition around the Great Falls of the Missouri River * Great Falls station, in Great Falls, Montana *

Great Falls Tavern Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

, in Montgomery County, Maryland *

Old Great Falls Historic District The Old Great Falls Historic District is an area of Paterson, New Jersey between South Paterson and Hillcrest, Paterson. The area is a thin strip of neighborhoods and parklands around the Passaic River and Garret Mountain. This section of Paterso ...

, in Paterson, New Jersey

Sports teams

''All based in the U.S. state of Montana'' *

Great Falls Americans The Great Falls Americans are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team from Great Falls, Montana, playing at the Great Falls IcePlex in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status ...

, a junior ice hockey team *

Great Falls Americans (AWHL) The Great Falls Americans were a junior ice hockey team based in Great Falls, Montana playing in the American Frontier Hockey League and the America West Hockey League from 1995 to 2003. They played at the Four Seasons Arena. The team won th ...

, a defunct junior ice hockey team active 1995–2003 * Great Falls Americans (WHL), a defunct junior ice hockey team active 1979–1980 * Great Falls Electric, a professional basketball team *

Great Falls Electrics The Great Falls Electrics were a minor league baseball team that operated out of Great Falls, Montana. The team was formed in 1911 as part of the old Union Association league. They also played in the Northwestern League from 1916 to 1917. The team ...

, a defunct minor-league baseball team * Great Falls Explorers, a defunct team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) *

Great Falls Voyagers The Great Falls Voyagers are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in Great Falls, Montana, and play their home games at Cente ...

, a professional baseball team

Waterfalls

United States

''Listed alphabetically by the associated river'' * Great Falls (Catawba River), South Carolina * Great Falls (Columbia River) or

Celilo Falls Celilo Falls (Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. ...

, Oregon and Washington * Great Falls (Connecticut River), New Hampshire and Vermont * Great Falls (Housatonic River), Connecticut *

Great Falls (Missouri River) The Great Falls of the Missouri River are a series of waterfalls on the upper Missouri River in north-central Montana in the United States. From upstream to downstream, the five falls along a segment of the riverCutright, Paul Russell, and John ...

, Montana *

Great Falls (Passaic River) The Great Falls of the Passaic River is a prominent waterfall, high, on the Passaic River in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey. The falls and surrounding area are protected as part of the Paterson Great Falls National Histor ...

, New Jersey *

Great Falls (Potomac River) Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River, upstream from Washington, D.C., on the border of Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia. Great Falls Park, managed as part of George Washington Memori ...

, Maryland and Virginia

Elsewhere

Akiu Great Falls is a waterfall located in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. It is one of " Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in ...

, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan * Great Falls (Hamilton, Ontario), Canada * Hayato Great Falls, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan * Namekawa Great Falls, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Other uses

''All based in the U.S. state of Montana unless noted otherwise'' * Great Falls Air Force Base, an early name for the current

Malmstrom Air Force Base Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place (CDP) in Cascade County, Montana, United States, adjacent to the city of Great Falls. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom. ...

Great Falls Air Defense Sector The Great Falls Air Defense Sector (GFADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated o ...

, deactivated since 1966 *

Great Falls College Montana State University Great Falls College–Montana State University is a Public college, public community college in Great Falls, Montana. It is affiliated with the Montana State University System and offers Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Associate of Science ( ...

, a public community college * Great Falls Dam (Manitoba), a hydroelectric dam on the Winnipeg River, Canada *

Great Falls Dam (Tennessee) Great Falls Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Caney Fork, straddling the county line between White County and Warren County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the only dam outside the Tennessee River watershed owned and operated by the Tenness ...

, a hydroelectric dam on the Caney Fork *

Great Falls International Airport Great Falls International Airport is a public/military airport in city limits three miles southwest of central Great Falls in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The airport has also been called Great Falls Municipal Airport. The Nat ...

, an airport in Cascade County * '' Great Falls Leader'', a defunct newspaper published in Great Falls *

Great Falls Park Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County, the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial ...

, a National Park Service (NPS) site in Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. * Great Falls Public Schools, a public school district ** Great Falls Central Catholic High School **

Great Falls High School Great Falls High School (or GFHS) is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located in Great Falls, Montana. Established in 1890, it was the city's first high school. The school's original building, constructed in 1896, is now on the Natio ...

Great Falls Tectonic Zone The Great Falls Tectonic Zone is a major intracontinental shear zone between the Hearne craton and Wyoming craton Basement (geology), basement rock of the Archean Eon which form part of the North American continent.Boerner, D.E.; Craven, J.A.; Kur ...

, a major intracontinental shear zone * Great Falls Transit, a public bus service *''

Great Falls Tribune The ''Great Falls Tribune'' is a daily morning newspaper printed in Helena, Montana. It is one of Montana's largest newspaper companies. History The first edition of the newspaper then called the ''Weekly Tribune'' was printed on May 14, 188 ...

'', a daily morning newspaper printed in Helena * Lake Great Falls, a prehistoric lake