Skip to content

Lower Hungarian Falls

Lower Hungarian Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Hungarian Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Hungarian Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 161 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.17147, -88.44717

Overlooks nearby

161 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Tamarack City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Airport Park: 2.8 mi
  • George Gipp Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • George Gipp Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
  • Daniell Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Ahmeek Stamp Mill Ruins: 0.6 mi
  • Float Copper: 4.9 mi
  • Alexander Agassiz Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Italian Hall Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
  • Franklin School Ruins: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Bayside Bike Park: 4.8 mi
  • Skills Zone: 4.9 mi
  • Cathedral Pines: 5.3 mi
  • Old Homestead: 5.4 mi
  • WPA Stone Boat: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Breakers Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Stamp Sand: 14.5 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Rock Beach Point: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Peaks: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Wadsworth Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Pewabic Street Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Hungarian Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyNE470 m18.9 mi
Tolonen HillSW455 m15.0 mi
Gratiot MountainNE453 m21.8 mi
South RangeSW433 m14.2 mi
Arcadian HillWSW372 m4.0 mi
Pikes PeakSSE346 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:2620:06
June solstice05:5921:0621:54
September equinox07:4119:1319:53
December solstice08:3816:1517:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161725375060656456443222

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 2 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs22.020.545.917283.036.321.616.120.531.736.828.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Trap Rock River Near Lake Linden, MI, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1582156751

More waterfalls in Michigan

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Lower Hungarian Falls.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens