Agate Falls Scenic Site

Agate Falls

Agate Falls on the Middle Branch
Location Ontonagon County, Michigan
Coordinates 46°28′51″N 89°05′27″W / 46.48083°N 89.09096°W / 46.48083; -89.09096 (Agate Falls)Coordinates: 46°28′51″N 89°05′27″W / 46.48083°N 89.09096°W / 46.48083; -89.09096 (Agate Falls)
Type Cascade
Total height 39 feet (12 m)
Number of drops 1
Watercourse Ontonagon River

The Agate Falls Scenic Site is a waterfall and scenic site located in Interior Township, in southeastern Ontonagon County, Michigan. The waterfall is 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Bruce Crossing, Michigan on the state highway M-28.

Agate Falls is a 39-foot-high (12 m) waterfall of the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River. Dropping down from the highlands of the western Upper Peninsula, this river drops 875 feet (267 m) from the Bond Falls Flowage to Lake Superior, and Agate Falls is part of this change in elevation. The water flows over a shelf of erosion-resistant sandstone.[1]

The falls can be seen from a trail accessible from a parking lot on M-28 or from a sturdy railroad bridge which now is part of a snowmobile and atv trail. This bridge, which once carried the tracks of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, spans the falls. A roadside picnic area offers simple recreational opportunities.

References

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

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