Waterfalls - Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota

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I put together a GPS file that contains waypoints for many of the waterfalls in the UP of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. I thought it would be interesting for riders to submit photos of these falls. Many riders live close to some of these sites, and many others travel through these areas on their rides.



I'll publish a list in one of these posts that will indicate who posted photos for which falls so we know what is documented and what is not. Don't hesitate to submit additional photos of a falls already covered. Views change with the seasons and varied views are useful.


Some of the falls can be viewed by driving right up to them. These are marked with a vehicle icon. Some require a short walk on a park or wayside trail. These are marked with a camera icon. Some require short runs of bushwhacking or a long hike on a trail. These are marked with a hiking icon.

Minneapolis Area


MN North Shore


Northwest WI


Western UP


Central UP


Keweenaw


Northeast WI


Green Bay Area


Some of the waypoints may need refinement, so if you get a better GPS fix when you visit a waterfall, please include that information with your photo post.

For some of the more obscure locations, I may be able to provide more clues about the hike in. PM to see if I have more information.

This fille can used like some others I have prepared (historical markers, heritage sites, etc) as part of background information for planning your own ride. Compare your route with the waypoints in this file and pull off waterfalls that you might want to visit that are proximate to your route.

The GPS file can be downloaded here.

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May, June, and winter are nice times to photograph these falls.

10 Foot Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Agate Falls (MI) Cannonshot, kingbee
Alder Falls (MI)
Alger Falls (MI)
Amnicon Falls (WI) cwc, Cannonshot
Au Train Falls (MI) freefllow, Yooper_Bob
Beaver Falls (MN) Klay, echo4bravo
Big Bull Falls (WI)
Big Falls (MI) kingbee
Big Manitou Falls (WI) cwc
Big Pup Falls (MI) CharlieT
Big Smokey Falls (WI)
Birch Falls (MI)
Black River Falls (MI) Yooper_Bob
Black Slate Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Bonanza Falls (MI) Yooper_Bob, Cannonshot
Bond Falls (MI) Cannonshot, rickcorwn, Network Monkey
Bridal Veil Falls (MI) HOT DAMN!
Brownstone Falls (WI) cwc
Brushy Creek Falls (MI)
Bull Falls (WI) ddn
Bulldog Falls (MI)
Canyon Falls (MI) Network Monkey
Carney Rapids (WI) Daamud
Carp River Falls (MI)
Cascade Falls (MI) Yooper_Bob
Cascade Falls Osceola (WI)
Cascade River Falls (MN) Klay
Cedar Falls (MI)
Chapel Falls (MI) rickcorwn
Chicagon Falls (MI)
Chippewa Falls (MI)
Cliff 40 Falls (MI) kingbee
Conglomerate Falls (MI) cwc
Copper Adit Falls (MI)
Copper Falls (MI)
Copper Falls (WI) cwc
Craigs Falls Upper & Lower (MI)
Cross River Falls (MN) Cannonshot, echo4bravo
Dault's Falls (MI)
Daves Falls (WI) Daamud
Dee Lundeen Falls (MI)
Devils Kettle (MN) rickcorwn, ech5bravo
Douglas Houghton Falls (MI)
Duppy Falls (MI)
Eagle River Falls (MI) echo4bravo
East Branch Huron River Falls (MI)
Ecstasy Falls (MI)
Eight Foot Falls (WI) Daamud
Eighteen Foot Falls (WI) Daamud
Ely Falls (MI)
Erick's Falls (MI) kingbee
Falls River Falls (MI)
Fenners Falls (MI)
Fifth Falls (MN) Klay
First Falls Gwinn (MI)
Fonferek Falls (WI) freeflow
Foster Falls (WI) cwc, kingbee
Fumee Falls (MI) Daamud
Gabbro Falls (MI) kingbee
Gile Falls (WI) cwc, Cannonshot
Gomanche Falls (MI)
Gooseberry Middle Lower (MN) Cannonshot, echo4bravo
Gooseberry Upper (MN) echo4bravo
Gorge Falls (MI) cwc
Granite Rapids Falls (MI) Kingbee
Havens Falls (MI) rickcorwn, Cannonshot, Daamud, PMC
Haymeadow Falls (MI) Yooper_Bob
Haypress Falls (MI)
Hidden Falls (MN) Klay
High Falls Baptism (MN) echo4bravo
High Falls Dam (WI) Daamud
High Falls Pigeon (MN) divotdm
Hogback Falls (MI)
Hogger Falls (MI)
Holyoke Falls (MI)
Horsehoe Falls (MI)
Horseshoe Falls (WI) Cannonshot, Daamud
Horserace Rapids (MI) ddn
Huron Creek Falls (MI)
Hurricane River Rapids (MI) Cannonshot
Iagoo Falls (MI)
Jacobs Falls (MI) Cannonshot, echo4bravo, PMC
Jennings Falls (WI)
Jumbo Falls (MI) kingbee
Kakabika Falls (MI) kingbee
Kimball Falls (WI) cwc
Kukuck's Falls (MI)
LaSalle Falls (WI) ddn
Laughing Whitefish Falls (MI) HOT DAMN!
Lester Park Waterfalls (MN) Klay
Letherby Falls (MI) Reddog
Little Falls (MI)
Little Garlic Falls (MI)
Little Manitou Falls (WI) cwc
Little Miners Falls (MI)
Little Quinnesec Falls (MI/WI)
Little Trap Falls (MI)
Little Union Gorge Falls (MI)
Little Bull Falls (WI)
Long Slide Falls (WI)
Lost Creek Falls (WI)
Lower Dead River Falls (MI)
Lower Falls Dam (MI)
Lower Gratiot Falls (MI)
Lower Hungarian Falls (MI)
Lower Huron Falls B E (MI) Reddog, kingbee, madwrench
Lower Silver Falls (MI)
Manabezho Falls (MI) kingbee
Manakiki Falls (MI) kingbee
Manganese Falls (MI) Casnnonshot
Manido Falls (MI) rickcorwn
McClintock Rapids (WI) ddn
McClure Dam Falls (MI)
Mex-I-Min-E Falls (MI) kingbee
Meyers Falls (WI)
Middle Carp River Falls (MI)
Middle Falls Pigeon (MN) Cannonshot
Middle Silver Falls (MI)
Miners Falls (MI) kingbee
Minnehaha (MN) rickcorwn, MN rider, Grainbelt
Minneopa Falls (MN)
MNA Memorial Falls (MI)
Morgan Meadow Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Morgan Falls (WI) MAXNX, cwc
Mosquito Falls (MI)
Munising Falls (MI) rickcorwn
Narrows Falls Rapids (MI)
Nawadaha Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Neepikon Falls (MI)
No Name Falls (MI)
Nonesuch Falls (MI)
Now and Then Falls (Amnicon SP) Cannonshot
O Kun de Kun Falls (MI) kingbee
Ogemaw Falls (MI)
Onion Falls (MI)
Otter Falls (MI)
Overlooked Falls (MI)
Page Crk Falls (MI)
Partridge Falls (MN) Cannonshot
Pemene Falls (MI/WI)
Peterson Falls (MI/WI) cwc
Pewabic Falls (MI)
Pier's Gorge (MI/WI) ddn
Pine River Falls (WI) ddn
Pinnacle Falls (MI)
Plover Falls (MI)
Plumbago Falls (MI)
Potato Falls Upper & Lower (WI) cwc
Potawatomi Falls (MI) cwc
Powerhorn Falls (MI) kingbee
Power Dam Falls (MI)
Power House Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Prickett Dam Falls (MI)
Quartzite Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Queen Anne's Falls (MI)
Quincy Falls (MI)
Quiver Falls (MI/WI) Daamud
Rainbow Falls (WI) cwc
Rapid River Falls (MI)
Rainy Falls (MI)
Rvine River Falls (MI)
Red Granite Falls (WI)
Redridge Dam (MI) Reddog
Ripley Falls (MI)
Rock River Falls (MI)
Root Beer Falls (MI) kingbee
Sable Falls (MI) ddn
Sand Portage Falls (MI/WI)
Sandstone Falls (MI) cwc
Sandstone Creek Falls (MI)
Saxon Falls (MI/WI) cwc
Schweitzer Falls (MI)
Scott Falls (MI)
Second Falls Gwinn (MI)
Shining Cloud Falls (MI)
Silver Bell Falls (MI) Cannonshot, HOT DAMN!
Silver Creek Falls (MI)
Silver River Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Silver River Falls LA (MI)
Siskiwit Falls (WI) Cannonshot
Slate River Falls (MI)
Slide Falls (MI)
Smalley Falls (WI) Daamud
Snake Pit Falls (WI)
Snake Rapids (MI)
Sparrow Rapids (MI)
Spray Falls (MI) kingbee
Spring Camp Falls (WI) cwc
St Louis Falls (MI)
Strong Falls (WI) ddn. madwrench
Sturgeon River Falls (MI)
Superior Falls (MI/WI) Cannonshot,cwc
Tahquamenon Falls - Upper (MI) freeflow, Grainbelt, Cannonshot
Tahquamenon Falls - Lower (MI) Cannonshot
Tannery Falls (MI)
Temperance Falls 1 (MN) Cannonshot
Temperance River Gorge (MN) Cannonshot, Network Monkey
The Cascades (MN)
Tibets Falls (MI)
Tioga Falls (MI)
Tioga Park Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Tobacco Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Tourist Park Dam Falls (MI) Cannonshot
Trap Rock River Falls (MI)
Trapper Falls (MI)
Trout Falls (MI)
Turkey Neck Falls (MI)
Twelve Foot Falls (WI) Daamud
Two Step Falls (MN) Klay
Unnamed Big Garlic 1 (MI)
Unnamed Big Garlic 5 (MI)
Unnamed Big Garlic 234 (MI)
Unnamed Falls River (MI)
Unnamed Hungarian Falls X3 (MI) ddn
Unnamed Ravine River Falls (MI)
Unnamed Silver Falls (MI)
Unnamed Silver River Falls X3 (MI)
Unnamed Creek Dead River (MI)
Upper Carp River Falls (MI)
Upper Dead River Falls (MI)
Upper Falls Brule (MN) echo4bravo
Upper Gratiot Falls (MI)
Upper Hungarian Falls (MI)
Upper Letherby Falls (MI)
Upper Montreal Falls (MI)
Upper Reany Falls (MI)
Upper Silver Falls (MI)
Upper Sturgeon Falls (MI)
Upson Falls (WI) cwc, Cannonshot
Vermillion Falls (MN)
Veteran's Park and Falls (WI) Daamud
Victoria Dam (MI) Cannonshot
Wagner Falls (MI) kingbee, Yooper_Bob, Cannonshot
Warner Falls (MI)
Washburn Falls (WI) ddn
Wequiock Falls (WI) freeflow
West Branch Huron Falls (MI) kingbee
West Branch Sturgeon Falls (MI)
West Branch Yellow Dog Falls (MI)
White City Falls (MI)
Whitefish Falls (MI)
Willow River (WI)
Wren Falls (WI) kingbee
Waumdotte Falls (Wyandotte) (MI)
Wylie Dam Falls (MI)
Yellow Dog Falls (MI)
Yondota Falls (MI) kingbee

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Quartzite Falls SE of L'Anse MI

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Black Slate Falls SE of L'Anse MI

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Bond Falls North of Watersmeet MI

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Superior Falls NW of Hurley WI

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Victoria Dam SW of Greenland MI

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Agate Falls North of Watersmeet MI



Someone could get a better shot of this I'm sure.


Interesting bridge crosses at the falls (now an ORV trail).

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Jacobs Falls E of Eagle River MI

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I remembered that I had a couple of routes put together for waterfall tours in NE WI that I never got around to proof riding. I put the files up for download if someone wants to give them a spin.

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Great thread!

Chapel Falls in Pictured Rocks Nat. Lakeshore *Correction* this is Upper Chapel Falls


Manido Falls in the Presque Isle State Park


Minnehaha falls Minneapolis



Here's an additional one for Burns Falls, the only reason I got here was the fabulous track Cannonshot provided for CADVR

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Found another one Munising Falls again in the Pictured Rocks Nat. Lakeshore.

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Silver Bell Falls West of Munising



It could have used a little more water.

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Here is a photo of Minnehaha Falls on March 5th 2011.

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Hurricane River Rapids Pictued Rocks NL MI



Antenna for studying fish.