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US State Park, Michigan

c/o Baraga State Park
1300 US 41 S
Baraga, MI 49908
www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.aspx?id=413

Phone: 906-353-6558
Size: 213 acres. Location: Off Hwy 28 between Bruce Crossing and Trout Creek. Facilities: Picnic tables, drinking water, toilets, trail ( wheelchair access

). Generally open from mid-May to late October. Activities: Hiking; scenic views. Special Features: Located in the middle branch of the Ontonagon River, Agate Falls are a broad band of interlacing cascades and small falls nearly 40 feet high. A foot trail provides access to the falls for viewing.

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Agate Falls
Agate Falls on the Middle Branch
Location	Ontonagon County, Michigan
Coordinates	46°28′51″N 89°05′27″W / 46.48083°N 89.09096°W / 46.48083; -89.09096 (Agate Falls)Coordinates: 46°28′51″N 89°05′27″W / 46.48083°N 89.09096°W / 46.48083; -89.09096 (Agate Falls)
Type	Cascade
Total height	39 feet (12 m)
Number of drops	1
Watercourse	Ontonagon River

The Agate Falls Scenic Site is a waterfall and state park located in Interior Township, in southeastern Ontonagon County, Michigan. The waterfall is 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Bruce Crossing, Michigan on the state highway M-28.

Agate Falls is a 39-foot-high (12 m) waterfall of the Ontonagon River. Dropping down from the highlands of the western Upper Peninsula, this river drops 875 feet (267 m) from the Bond Falls Flowage to Lake Superior, and Agate Falls is part of this change in elevation. The water flows over a shelf of erosion-resistant sandstone.^[1]

The falls can be seen from a trail accessible from a parking lot on M-28. A hiking bridge, which once carried the tracks of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, spans the falls.

References

^ Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer (10th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2002.

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