You can easily see the sign for Scott Falls along the M-28 highway, but the falls themselves can be a little more difficult to spot because they are at an angle that can hide them a bit from the road.
These falls are on the south side of the highway about 7 miles west of Munising near Au Train. They are across the street from H.J. Rathfoot State Roadside Park on Lake Superior's shore.
Scott Falls are about 10 feet tall and fall in a straight drop over a sandstone cliff into a small pool.
This isn't one of the biggest waterfalls, and the water flow can be fairly thin during the late summer. However, that can make it a really fun waterfall to visit because you can walk back behind the falls and wade in the pool at certain times of the year.
I looked at some old images from my trip to the area in July of 1996 and found one that I managed get from behind Scott Falls and looking out over M-28!
It was a rainy day and the ground was a bit slick during our most recent visit to this little cascade early this summer, so we couldn't really venture too close to the falls.
Rainy as it was, we did manage to hop across the highway to the roadside park to catch this image of the Lake Superior shoreline.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula has nearly 200 waterfalls. Check them out with A Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls by Laurie Penrose.
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