THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE OUR FALLING WATERS
Here in the heart of The Great Waters you will find falls both large and small. Some are well-visited, others intimate discoveries, but each are a marvel and every one is worth seeing.
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Bridalveil Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Located about a half-mile northeast of Miners Beach along the Pictured Rocks cliffs. Bridalveil Falls are only viewable by water or from a distance at Miners Castle. The falls cannot be seen from atop or from the North Country National Scenic Trail. …
Chapel Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Located about 15 miles east of Munising off Alger County Road H-58, then about 5 miles north to the end of Chapel Road. The trail is on an old roadbed with several small hills. Two viewing platforms along the way provide views of the scenic Chapel Basin. The trail continues to Chapel…
Miners Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Located about five miles north of Alger County Road H-58 off Miners Castle Road. The hike from the parking area to the waterfall is 1.2 miles round-trip. A gravel path through the northwoods leads to two overlooks. The Miners Falls Nature Trail views the Miners Basin along the way.…
Mosquito Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Located about 15 miles east of Munising off Alger County Road H-58, then about 5 miles north to the parking area at end of Chapel Road. Walking toward Mosquito Beach, a side trail leads .9 miles to the falls, which drops over an 8 foot high rock shelf on the Mosquito River. Watch for river…
Munising Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
This waterfall is a part of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Walk the paved .25 mile trail up the cool shaded sandstone canyon along Munising Creek to the base of the falls. Two sets of stairs lead to platforms to view the 50 foot waterfall as it drops over a sandstone cliff. Watch for ferns,…
Sable Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Located about one mile west of Grand Marais on Alger County Road H-58. Sable Falls tumbles 75 feet over several cliffs of Munising and Jacobsville sandstone formations on its way to Lake Superior. The first viewing platform is down a staircase with 169 steps. The…
Spray Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
This remote waterfall is best viewed from the water though it may be seen from along the North Country Trail. Spray Falls plunges about 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs directly into Lake Superior. The 1856 shipwreck "Superior" lies at the base of the falls in…
Tahquamenon Falls - Upper Falls
Tahquamenon Falls State Park encompasses close to 52,000 acres stretching over 13 miles. Most of this is undeveloped woodland without roads, buildings or power lines. Centerpiece of the park, and the very reason for its existence, is the Tahquamenon River with its waterfalls. The Upper Falls on the…
Tahquamenon - Lower Falls
Four miles downstream from the Upper Tahquamenon Falls the Tahquamenon river rushes it's 50,000 gallons of water per second around a good size island where it is then broken into 2 distinct waterfalls cascading around opposite banks of die island. Each falls has a drop of 22ft and a width of over…
Wagner Falls
Wagner Falls is located south of Munising, on the east side of MI-94 just south of the MI-28 MI-94 junction. There is small parking area and a sign. A short boardwalk leads to the falls. Photo Credit: MDOT Photography…