Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park

Coordinates: 46°23′23″N 87°3′58.3″W / 46.38972°N 87.066194°W / 46.38972; -87.066194
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Laughing Whitefish Falls
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LocationAlger County, Michigan
Coordinates46°23′23″N 87°3′58.3″W / 46.38972°N 87.066194°W / 46.38972; -87.066194
TypeFan
Total height100 feet (30 m)
Number of drops1
WatercourseLaughing Whitefish River

The Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site is a waterfall and state park located in Onota Township and Rock River Township, in far western Alger County, Michigan. The waterfall is in the southern part of the site, in Rock River Township, 8 miles (13 km) south of Lake Superior near M-94.

Laughing Whitefish Falls is formed by an abrupt limestone escarpment of the Laughing Whitefish River, which flows northward into Lake Superior. The falls is located within the Escanaba River State Forest. The escarpment is shaped so as to draw out the cascade into an unusual fan-shaped wall of water.

From M-94, a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) drive northward on Dorsey Road and a one-mile (1.5 km) hike from the roadhead are necessary to reach the falls.[1]

References

  1. ^ Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002.

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