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Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Paradise, MI

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Tahquamenon Falls State Park

Walk a boardwalk to the amber Upper Falls, then rent a rowboat to reach the island at the Lower Falls.

41382 W M-123 · Paradise, MI

About Tahquamenon Falls State Park

Tahquamenon Falls State Park covers nearly 50,000 acres of Michigan's Upper Peninsula around the Tahquamenon River. The Upper Falls drops about 50 feet over a ledge some 200 feet wide, and tannins from cedar swamps upstream tint the water a root beer brown. Four miles downstream, the Lower Falls splits around an island you can reach by footbridge or rented rowboat, and more than 35 miles of trails wind through the forest.

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