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Memorial Falls

Memorial Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Memorial Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 223 m. The nearest named place is Twin Waterfalls Memorial Plant Preserve, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 58 named places lie within 25 miles.

The story

Memorial Falls are two similar waterfalls in adjacent gorges on small streams near the city of Munising Michigan. The larger falls drop approximately 40 feet. There is a cave behind both falls. There is a small natural arch in the sandstone between the two gorges near the top of the falls. The level of water coming over the falls can vary greatly depending on snow melt or rainfall and the smaller of the two falls are often dry. Memorial Falls are two of the less-advertised and less-maintained falls in the area and are accessed via a trail from a residential street above the falls. An additional trail leads to the bottom of the falls. The falls belong to the Michigan Nature Association. They are very close to Tannery Falls.

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Wikidata Q37910, matched on coordinates and name (77 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
223 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.41735, -86.62725

58 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
Waterfalls: 15
Attractions: 4
  • Horseshoe Falls & Gift Shop: 1.3 mi
  • Chapel Rock: 12.8 mi
  • Ewing Point: 13.9 mi
  • Eben Ice Caves: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sand Point Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Miners Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Chapel Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Twelvemile Beach: 23.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • Munising Heritage Center Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Pictured Rocks Interpretive Center: 1.4 mi
  • Munising Coast Guard Station Boathouse: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Bay Furnace: 4.1 mi
  • Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Abandoned car: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 4.2 mi
  • Petes Lake Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:1919:59
June solstice05:5520:5721:43
September equinox07:3419:0619:46
December solstice08:2816:1217:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028374958656558473526
Precip in2.01.41.52.32.82.73.12.73.84.13.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Munsing Lakeshore, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4274807445

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