Best waterfalls in Michigan

Michigan’s waterfall country is the Upper Peninsula, where root-beer-colored rivers pour over sandstone — the wide curtain of Tahquamenon, the falls of Pictured Rocks, and dozens of quiet roadside cascades. Spring melt and fall color are best, and many are an easy stroll from the car.

Laughing Whitefish Falls100 ftModerate hike · Sundell · 2 mia long, sloping cascade in a quiet Upper Peninsula scenic site.Sable Falls75 ftShort walk · Grand Marais · 0.5 mia stepped fall at the east end of Pictured Rocks.Miners Falls60 ftShort walk · Munising · 1.2 mia powerful fall in Pictured Rocks reached by an easy trail.Bond Falls50 ftRoadside · Pauldinga wide, terraced fan often called the UP’s prettiest fall.Munising Falls50 ftShort walk · Munising · 0.4 mia slender fall at the edge of Pictured Rocks.Tahquamenon Falls48 ftShort walk · Paradise · 0.5 mia 200-foot-wide, root-beer-colored fall in the Upper Peninsula.Agate Falls39 ftRoadside · Trout Creeka wide, terraced fall a short walk from the highway in the UP.Wagner Falls20 ftShort walk · Munising · 0.4 mia lovely, easy fall just outside Munising.Ocqueoc Falls6 ftRoadside · Millersburgthe Lower Peninsula’s largest fall and a barrier-free swimming spot.

Flows change with the season and recent rain — many falls roar at spring snowmelt and slow by late summer. Check conditions and any permit or reservation rules before you go.