Agate Falls
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Agate Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 333 m. Alligator Eye stands 481 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Agate Falls Scenic Area, a park 0.1 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
The story
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. 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.
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Wikidata Q37919, matched on coordinates and name (63 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 333 m
How to reach it
59 named places within 25 miles
- Agate Falls Scenic Area: 0.1 mi
- Maple Grove Park: 4.3 mi
- Bond Falls Day Use Area: 5.4 mi
- Bond Falls Scenic Site: 5.5 mi
- Stannard Township Park: 5.7 mi
- Bond Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Bond Falls: 5.3 mi
- Konteka Falls: 12.1 mi
- O Kun de Kun Falls: 12.1 mi
- Gleason Falls: 17.5 mi
- Big Rock: 9.2 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 13.3 mi
- South Military Hill: 15.2 mi
- North Military Hill: 16.0 mi
- C Shaft Hill: 17.8 mi
- Bob Lake Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Norway Lake Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Courtney Lake Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Clark Lake Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Langford Lake Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 8.8 mi
- Victoria Mine "New" Shaft No. 2 Hoist House: 16.5 mi
- Wisconsin River Headwaters: 24.2 mi
- Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 24.2 mi
- The Bluff: 6.4 mi
- South Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Oak Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Old Victoria Historic Townsite: 16.7 mi
- Childhood Cottage Museum: 18.2 mi
- Northern Waters Museum: 23.1 mi
- Sylvania Wilderness: 20.4 mi
- Gogebic Lake State Park: 22.9 mi
- Forests for the Future #20 Conservation Reserve: 23.1 mi
- Paulding Light: 10.0 mi
- Gateway Roadside Park: 22.3 mi
- Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Agate Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alligator Eye | W 261° | 481 m | 22.5 mi |
| Big Rock | SSW 208° | 448 m | 9.2 mi |
| Adventure Mountain | N 1° | 447 m | 20.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | E 92° | 441 m | 13.3 mi |
| C Shaft Hill | NNW 348° | 422 m | 17.8 mi |
| Silver Mountain | NE 52° | 398 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Kallio | ENE 78° | 397 m | 22.2 mi |
| South Military Hill | N 350° | 293 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:29 | 20:09 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 21:07 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:16 | 19:56 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:21 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paulding, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 106 | 102 | 141 | 351 | 270 | 185 | 140 | 120 | 136 | 158 | 157 | 126 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Middle Branch Ontonagon River Near Paulding, MI, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5612376750
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