Munising Falls
Munising Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. The nearest named place is Munising Heritage Center Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. 58 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Munising Falls is a waterfall located in Munising in the westernmost portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Alger County, Michigan. The falls drops about 50 feet (15 m) over a sandstone cliff. With the exception of the spring thaw, the amount of water falling is relatively small. There are trails leading to multiple viewpoints around the falls. In the winter, the falls freeze forming an ice column. Munising Falls themselves are off-limits to climbers, but ice climbing is popular in the area and there are other spots in the vicinity where climbing is allowed. The Munising Falls Visitor Center includes displays are the natural and cultural history of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, including early iron smelting, geology, forest history, rare and endangered species, logging and recreation. The Center is open seasonally.
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Wikidata Q38015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
58 named places within 25 miles
- Twin Waterfalls Memorial Plant Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Anna River Mouth Boating Access Site: 1.2 mi
- Bayshore Marina Park: 1.7 mi
- Brown's Addition Tot Lot: 1.9 mi
- Stone Quarry Park: 1.9 mi
- Memorial Falls: 0.5 mi
- Olson Falls: 0.5 mi
- Alger Falls: 2.4 mi
- Wagner Falls: 2.7 mi
- Ice: 2.8 mi
- Horseshoe Falls & Gift Shop: 1.8 mi
- Chapel Rock: 12.3 mi
- Ewing Point: 14.2 mi
- Eben Ice Caves: 15.6 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 2.2 mi
- Miners Beach: 6.3 mi
- Chapel Beach: 12.1 mi
- Twelvemile Beach: 23.3 mi
- Munising Heritage Center Museum: 0.3 mi
- Pictured Rocks Interpretive Center: 1.8 mi
- Munising Coast Guard Station Boathouse: 2.1 mi
- Bay Furnace: 4.2 mi
- Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 8.4 mi
- Abandoned car: 19.2 mi
- Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 4.3 mi
- Petes Lake Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
- Pictured Rocks: 9.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:19 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:57 | 21:43 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 08:28 | 16:12 | 17:03 |
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1579527786
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