Alger Falls
Alger Falls is a waterfall located along highway M-28 in Alger County, Michigan near Munising at the junction with M-94. The falls consist of a series of drops, the highest of which is about 15 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Wagner Falls Scenic Site and Munising Rear Range Light.
Wagner Falls Scenic Site
Park
Photo: Two Hearted River, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wagner Falls Scenic Site is a Michigan State Park, located in central Alger County, Upper Michigan. The 23-acre state scenic area protects Wagner Falls.
Munising Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Cwbash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Munising Rear Range Light works with the Munising Front Range Light to project a line of light out into Lake Superior in order to guide boats from the open lake into the safe harbor at Munising, Michigan. Munising Rear Range Light is situated 1½ miles northwest of Alger Falls.
Munising Front Range Light
Lighthouse
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The Munising Front Range Light and its matching Munising Rear Range Light replaced the ineffective Grand Island East Channel Light in 1905. These two lights combine to guide boats from the open waters of Lake Superior down the East Channel next to Grand Island into the harbor of Munising. Munising Front Range Light is situated 1½ miles northwest of Alger Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Munising and Christmas.
Munising
Photo: Stanthejeep, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Munising is a small city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the southern shore of Lake Superior.
Christmas
Village
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Christmas is an unincorporated community in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Christmas is located within Au Train Township in Alger County, and is located about 2.2 miles northwest of the city of Munising. Christmas is situated 4 miles northwest of Alger Falls.
Alger Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alger, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.39308° or 46° 23′ 35″ northLongitude
-86.64764° or 86° 38′ 52″ westElevation
653 feet (199 metres)Open location code
86RM99V2+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2341269703OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Mazanderani to Urdu—“Alger Falls” goes by many names.
- Mazanderani: “آلگر ئوشار”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار آلگر”
- Persian: “آبشار آلگر”
- Persian: “ابشار الگر”
- Tajik: “Алгер”
- Tajik: “Обшори Алгер”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Алгер”
- Urdu: “آلگر آبشار”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alger Falls”. Photo: NMMIMAJ, CC BY-SA 3.0.