Last Sunday my husband and I went to see Bond Falls. We had no idea this gem was so close, only 35 miles from our cabin in Star Lake WI. A customer of ours told us about it. How did we not know? Don't worry if you have a hard time getting around because it's wheel chair friendly. Go and see it if you haven't. Also went by mrsrunningbears place. Super nice, even saw a few campers in the back.
Bond Falls in Paulding
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sweeperguy
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I've not seen those falls in winter, but I'd agree, because I've seen Thaquamenon Falls in winter are very cool, even Minnehaha creek falls here in the cities is pretty cool in ice season.
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I've always found Bond Falls to be pretty underwhelming, at least in comparison to "Thaquamenon" (?), er… Tahquamenon Falls ("Michigan's Niagara"). So many falls (200+ in da UP), so little time!
UPTravel.com: "Waterfalls of the U.P."
UPTravel.com: "Waterfalls of the U.P."
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packerlandrider
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For those looking for an even more detailed waterfall map for the U.P. (at least the northern/western areas), visit: http://www.waterfallsofthekeweenaw.com/map/
Another favorite UP waterfall that is easily accessible is Hungarian Falls. This is a series of waterfalls on the Keweenaw Fault, each with its own unique character. There are interpretive signs to help visitors to understand the geology of the area. These falls are especially nice in the spring when they are really going off.
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Go Fast or Go Home
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You need permission to get in there? Oh yeah, and good luck with that!
Likewise for my second favorite UP/Keweenaw waterfall: Douglass Houghton Falls¹, one of the most beautiful falls in the entire UP!
It is located on private property, to the north/east of M-26 between Lake Linden and Laurium, along Hammell Creek, and the property owner has closed it off to the public, largely for reasons of public liability, after a number of doofus' had fallen and had to be rescued. So yes, it's OFF LIMITS!
I was there a few times during my years at "da Tech", also before it was closed off, and hiking in from the bottom, but of course I have no photos.
[¹ Actually that's a misnomer — everyone has called it "Douglass Houghton Falls" for decades, on the presumption that it was named for (click →) Douglass Houghton. Nice idea, seems obvious, but not true.]
Just for the record, as noted in this posting by a PastyCam contibutor on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 07:19 pm, the true and historically correct name for the "Douglass Houghton Falls" was in fact correctly and deliberately "Houghton-Douglas Falls"!
For me, what sets Houghton-Douglass Falls (a.k.a. Douglass Houghton Falls) — which are not at all visible just 1000 ft. off the road(!) — apart as both visually and geologically unique is that unlike most waterfalls, descending conspicuously from some relatively high terrain to a valley below, this is as if Paul Bunyan came by and stuck a large round-nosed shovel into the ridge upstream along Hammell Creek, removing a huge shovelful of earth and leaving Hammell Creek to plunge from relatively level ground over the precipice into the resulting cataract, thus forming the falls.
As Paul Harvey would say, "Now you know the rest of the story…".
Although "you can't get there from here", at least we have a few pictures:
1. Courtesy of (click →) Nancy Nelson's shoebox and PastyCam.
2. Courtesy of (click →) Sharon Smith (circa 1981) and PastyCam.
And finally, a tip o' the hat and honorable mention to a pleasant little pair of falls just up the road from the ol' family farm in near Bruce Crossing, and both located about a mile due east of US-45 just north of Burma Road (a bit farther along the trail):
(click →) O Kun De Kun Falls.
… and it's neighbor …
(click →) Peanut Butter Falls.
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lenny
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I bet I know of a fancy side by side that could make it to the water,,,,, and no,,,, it's not a Viking