![]() XCel Energy owns the land and a dam upstream but allows access to the falls. After you cross into the U.P., look for a sign for the falls on the left. The last waterfall on this trip drops a total of 90 feet over a series of ledges on the Montreal River before it empties into Lake Superior.įrom Potato River Falls, follow Highway 169 north to Highway 2 east, then Highway 122 north to Lake Superior. This is the only waterfall on this trip that isn't marked on Google Maps, but you can use GPS coordinates provided by Iron County to find it: 46.370681°N, 90.479515°W. To see it, hike through the woods on either side of the bridge. When I visited, it seemed easier to reach it on the west side. The creek slides over a 15-foot nearly vertical rock face to create the waterfall, which can be anything from a rushing, partially frozen gush of water in the early spring to a trickle in the summer. You should be able to hear the waterfall from there. 75 miles you’ll reach a small bridge that crosses Rouse Creek. The logging road can be rough and muddy, so park along the main road and make the rest of the trek on foot. There aren’t any signs for the falls beyond the one on Casey Sag, but if you keep left at every fork you encounter, after about. ![]() Drive along the unpaved road .9 miles north to a logging road marked with a small brown sign that says Rouse Falls. ![]() Upson Fallsįrom Upson, head west on Highway 77 to Casey Sag Road, where small signs mark the way to the next three waterfalls: Rouse, Foster and Wren. 3-mile trail leads to a few overlooks of the 18-foot Interstate Falls. Like other waterfalls on this tour, this one tumbles over blocky black basalt rock that formed a billion years ago when lava seeped up to the Earth’s surface. The rocks create a series of rapids and small cascades upstream from the falls. The river has four named falls, including the final stop on this tour, Superior Falls.Īn easy. The waterfall is along the Montreal River, which forms part of the border between Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as it flows north to Lake Superior. According to a sign at the trailhead, the Ojibwe called the river Kawasiji-wangsepi, which means White Falls River. The 38-acre parcel was named the Scenic Siebert Conservation Area in their honor, and in 2016 the trust gave the land to the Town of Kimball to maintain as a park. In 2015 the Northwoods Land Trust purchased the land from Donald and Nancy Siebert, who had owned the land (and allowed access to the falls) for 60 years. The waterfall is open to the public thanks to the efforts of Ian Shackleford, who helped boost public support for preserving public access to the falls. This waterfall is one of the easiest to get to, off Highway 2 west of Hurley. Look for the small Interstate Falls sign on the north side of the highway west of the Highway 51 interchange, then follow Center Drive to a small parking area for the falls. This tour - which can be done in a long day - will take you to seven of the county’s falls. It’s best to travel this route in a high-clearance vehicle, or be prepared to walk more. Spring is a good time to see the waterfalls, with snow melt making them especially robust.īut spring is also mud season and can make for rough driving and hiking on some of those rural roads and trails. Like Marinette County, some of Iron County’s waterfalls are a challenge to reach, tucked down rural roads on undeveloped county forest land. But that also makes it more of an adventure, and it means there are fewer people than at more developed waterfall spots. Iron County is also home to more than 12 named falls and is within 20 miles of the popular falls at Copper Falls State Park. With more than a dozen named waterfalls, Marinette County bills itself as the waterfall capital of Wisconsin.īut about 150 miles northwest, another Wisconsin county could be a contender for the title. Watch Video: See the roaring waterfalls of Iron County
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