Memorial Falls
Memorial Falls is a waterfall in Alger, Michigan. Memorial Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet Wetmore, as well as near Indian Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Munising Falls and Munising Front Range Light.
Munising Falls
Waterfall
Photo: NMMIMAJ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Munising Front Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Cwbash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 west of Memorial 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 2 miles southwest of Memorial 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
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 west of Memorial Falls.
Memorial Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Also known as: “Monument Falls”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alger, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.41735° or 46° 25′ 2″ northLongitude
-86.62725° or 86° 37′ 38″ westElevation
732 feet (223 metres)Open location code
86RMC98F+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4274807445OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
7149755
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