The start of the scenic byway is about 9 miles northeast of Hurley. Reservations are available six months in advance on or by calling 87. The recreation area has a campground with 23 reservable sites and 17 first come, first served sites. There is a water fountain at the main parking area, but it’s not in operation this year. There are flush toilets at the main parking area and a vault toilet at the parking lot for Great Conglomerate and Gorge falls. The main parking area requires a $5 day pass per vehicle, payable at the parking lot. More information: All of the waterfalls are within the Black River Harbor Recreation Area, which is part of the Ottawa National Forest.
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Some of that includes steep stairs and rocky, root-covered trail, so plan and pack for a full day of hiking if you want to take on that challenge. Both Rainbow and Great Conglomerate require at least a half-mile hike in from their respective parking lots, so an out-and-back hike of the entire stretch would be about 7 miles. The southernmost waterfall is the 20-foot Great Conglomerate Falls, named for the large slab of brown conglomerate rock - a mixture of volcanic rock fragments - that splits the waterfall into two cascades.įor those wanting to hike the entire stretch of waterfalls, it’s about 3 miles along the North Country Trail from the west side of Rainbow Falls, the northernmost, to Great Conglomerate, the southernmost.
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The waterfalls make for an almost perfect choose-your-own-adventure style day trip, with parking lots near each waterfall allowing for easy access to each, plus the North Country Trail linking all of them for more ambitious hikers. Stretching for 11 miles through the Ottawa National Forest from north of Bessemer to Lake Superior, the byway (County Road 513) provides access to five waterfalls in the Black River Harbor Recreation Area. The Porcupine Mountains in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are a popular destination for their scenic views of dense hardwood forest, Lake Superior and a handful of waterfalls.īut less than 10 miles west of the popular park is a more accessible and more hidden - but just as beautiful - gem: the Black River Scenic Byway.
Lawrence County and managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.Watch Video: Waterfalls on the Black River These trails are part of the Grass River Wild Forest, a 54,000-acre collection of public forest preserves located in the towns of Clare, Clifton, Colton and Fine in St. To see the others, check the "Related Trails" section on this page just under the map. Rainbow Falls is one of many spectacular waterfalls and hikes open to the public along Tooley Brook Road. Powerful, fast-moving water and wet, slippery rocks are dangerous features of any waterfall - exercise caution while hiking or swimming near the falls. Once onto the island, the trail continues for 100 feet and then ends at the far side where the Grass River thunders over the gorgeous 25-foot drop of Rainbow Falls. The trail crosses onto the island via a narrow wooden footbridge over the deep crevice of the side channel. After only 0.2 miles, the trail reaches a narrow side channel of the Grass River that forms a small island in the river near the falls. Within a few hundred feet, the trail passes into denser forest and narrows to a footpath. The Rainbow Falls Trail begins as a wide former tote road, closed to vehicle traffic by the row of boulders place near its junction with Tooley Pond Road.
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