Munising Falls
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 over a sandstone cliff.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Munising Front Range Light and 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 2 miles west of Munising Falls.
Alger Falls
Waterfall
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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. Alger Falls is situated 2½ miles southwest of Munising Falls.
Grand Island East Channel Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Drdpw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grand Island East Channel Light is a lighthouse located just north of Munising, Michigan and was intended to lead boats from Lake Superior through the channel east of Grand Island into the Munising Harbor. Grand Island East Channel Light is situated 2½ miles north of Munising Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Munising and Christmas.
Munising
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Munising is a small city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the southern shore of Lake Superior.
Christmas
Village
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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 west of Munising Falls.
Munising Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Alger, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.42275° or 46° 25′ 22″ northLongitude
-86.62119° or 86° 37′ 16″ westElevation
732 feet (223 metres)Open location code
86RMC9FH+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1579527786OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5003066Wikidata ID
Q38015
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Mazanderani to Urdu—“Munising Falls” goes by many names.
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار مونیسینگ”
- Mazanderani: “مونیسینگ ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار مونیسینگ”
- Persian: “ابشار مونیسینگ”
- Spanish: “Munising”
- Tajik: “Мунисинг”
- Tajik: “Обшори Мунисинг”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Мунисинг”
- Urdu: “میونیزینگ آبشار”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Munsing Memorial Hospital.
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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 “Munising Falls”. Photo: NMMIMAJ, CC BY-SA 3.0.