Rock River Falls, photo by PaulWoj

Rock River Falls is located in the Rock River Canyon Wilderness Area in Alger County which is s administered as a part of the Munising Ranger District of the Hiawatha National Forest:

The canyon area itself has been relatively undisturbed by humans. Little evidence of prior human activity can be found, except for an occasional old skid road or decaying stump. Dense undergrowth and brush covers most of the land. The canyons are points of interest because few such landscape features exist in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Foot travel is difficult along the steep walls and through the densely vegetated and wet canyon floor. High ground around the canyons is covered by northern hardwoods and is easily traveled.

At the edge of the canyons are sandstone outcrops which water and weather have transformed into caves 10 to 40 feet deep. During winter, ice curtains formed by water seeping over the canyon edge hang in front of the caves. Large cedar trees also hang over the rim of the canyon. Rock River Falls is a notable feature in spring, when its waters cascade over a sandstone ledge into a pool 15 feet below.

Check this photo out background bigtacular and in Paul’s Especially in Michigan slideshow. Also see Paul’s cool Tumblr photo blog.

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