Miners Falls
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Miners Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. The nearest named place is Miners Beach, a beach 1.6 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Miners Falls is a waterfall located on Miners River in the western portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Alger County, Michigan. The falls drops about 40 feet (12 m) over a sandstone outcrop with a 10-foot (3.0 m) crest. The falls can be accessed by a 0.6 mile gravel path, with stairs leading to a lookout.
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Wikidata Q37931, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
53 named places within 25 miles
- Twin Waterfalls Memorial Plant Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Stone Quarry Park: 6.4 mi
- Grand Island Harbor Scenic Turnout: 6.6 mi
- Anna River Mouth Boating Access Site: 6.7 mi
- Brown's Addition Tot Lot: 7.0 mi
- Elliot Falls: 1.7 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sweet Mother Moses: 2.7 mi
- Ice: 3.0 mi
- Mosquito Falls: 3.8 mi
- Miners Beach: 1.6 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 3.8 mi
- Chapel Beach: 6.6 mi
- Twelvemile Beach: 17.7 mi
- Log Slide Beach: 23.6 mi
- Chapel Rock: 6.8 mi
- Horseshoe Falls & Gift Shop: 7.3 mi
- Ewing Point: 18.0 mi
- Eben Ice Caves: 20.6 mi
- Munising Coast Guard Station Boathouse: 4.0 mi
- Munising Heritage Center Museum: 5.8 mi
- Pictured Rocks Interpretive Center: 7.3 mi
- Bay Furnace: 8.6 mi
- Abandoned car: 13.6 mi
- Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 14.0 mi
- Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 8.6 mi
- Petes Lake Recreation Area: 17.3 mi
- Pictured Rocks: 4.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:19 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:56 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 08:28 | 16:11 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 28 | 37 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Munsing Lakeshore, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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