Huron Creek Falls
Located right within Houghton, Huron Creek Falls is a set of cascading drops with a distinctive urban flavor. Located behind the Copper Country Mental Health building, a stone’s throw from a four-lane M-26, this waterfall is fairly east to reach. Small rapids run downstream on the way to Chutes and Ladders.
Directions
Park at Copper Country Mental Health Services off of M-26 on the back parking lot, close to the woods. With the traffic on M-26 it may be easiest to take Razorback north off of Sharon to get to the lot. Head down the gravel poor rock to the creek to see the falls.
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Seen in March.
We headed over to the piles of snow and hopped over and down to the creek. And we finally saw some decent drops. Maybe ten feet tall in all, over a mix of blocky volcanic rock and some old rock walls, but it was a waterfall. Downstream we found plenty of small drops over loose rocks between Hillside Restaurant and Canal Road, though none worth the stop, and a lot of litter along the sides of the creek.
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Hey, these are like right next to my house! I have to go check them out now...
Not going to lie - I was hesitant on calling these falls until I saw the drop by the Foot Doctor. I'd read about them in a few Michigan Tech documents, heard about them from friends, but was hesitant on calling them falls until I actually saw them. Ignoring the pollution and urban setting, they are rather pretty.
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