My Favorite Fall Waterfall Destinations in the UP of Michigan

Most of the waterfalls in the Marquette and Munising area. It is generally easy to visit them on a short trip. The two outliers are Haven Park which is over by Calumet and Tahquamenon Falls which is near Paradise, Michigan.

Bonanza Falls is located near Silver City just outside of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. It is really several small waterfalls. If the water levels are low it is easy to walk out into the Iron River to photograph the falls. I like to photograph them late in the evening and early in the morning.

Bond Falls is my favorite waterfall in the UP. It can be photographed any time of the year and provides some excellent photography opportunities. It is particularly popular in the fall when you may need to stand in line at some locations because of their popularity.

Bond Falls

Canyon Falls is located just up the road from Bond Falls. It is located on the Sturgeon River. I’ve only been able to hit the peak color along the river once but it was very impressive on that visit.

Canyon Falls

Yellow Dog Falls is located near Marquette, Michigan. It is reached on a long dirt road followed by about a mile hike to the first of the waterfalls. The drive to the falls is spectacular during the fall color season.

Yellow Dog Falls

Laughing Whitefish Falls is located between Munising and Marquette. It is a very impressive waterfall when there is sufficient water flowing over the falls. Some years the dirt road into the falls is filled with large potholes.

Laughing Whitefish Falls

Haven Park Falls is one of the outliers. It is located in Lac La Belle, Michigan. It is not all that spectacular as a waterfall but it is a beautiful location for photographing the fall colors.

Haven Park

Tahquamenon Falls is another outlier located near Paradise, Michigan. As a waterfall it is the largest and most spectacular. It is very popular in the fall. One day I counted cars from 16 different states in the parking lot.

Tahquamenon Falls

Yellow Dog Falls

When we stopped at the parking area for Yellow Dog Falls there were four jeeps parked. It was a group of folks driving through the forest to enjoy the fall colors. My memory regarding this falls was a little off. I was thinking it was a few mile walk but it turns out it was only about 15 minutes. I had forgotten that on my only other visit I had walked down the river quite a ways. The fall colors at the falls were at their peak.