If you would like to tour Marinette County's waterfalls, print this page to use as a map. Plan to take a day to cruise from location to location, and be sure to bring your camera. All the waterfalls are easy walking distances from parking areas. Most are located within the county park system. A $2.00 per day park entrance fee is valid for all county parks.
Veteran's Memorial Park is on the Thunder River, on Parkway Road. Steep slopes lead to a wooden bridge and Falls. Camping and picnicking in the Park.
While in this area, stop to see the High Falls Dam which creates the beautiful 1,700 acre High Falls Flowage. Twin Bridge Park is available to camping, picnicking and swimming.
Take Parkway Road north to McClintock Park. The falls is a series of rapids with bridges for exceptional views.
Continue north on Parkway to the Goodman Park road. These falls, located on the Peshtigo River, are beautiful and are in a Marinette County Park with picnic areas, campsites and playground. It's a great place for pictures with the large rock backgrounds and attractive Falls.
Take Lily Lake Road south off of Highway 8, and follow signs to Twelve Foot Falls; or from Highway 141 west on Smeester School Road, west on Trout Haven Road to Twelve Foot Falls Road. This is a County Park with camping and picnic areas. It's on the Pike River, great for its trout fishing and natural beauty.
A five-minute walk through the camping area of Twelve Foot Falls takes you to:
Walk through the camping area and down a brief trail to Eight Foot Falls, which is downstream from Twelve Foot Falls. The Pike river tumbles over a bouldered ridge into a wide, picturesque pool. The sound from Eight Foot Falls can be heard pleasantly in the background at that end of the campground, and is a wonderful "sedative" at the end of the day.
Only about one mile from Twelve Foot Falls, go north from the Park to second sand road to right, drive or walk in 1/2 mile to parking space, then follow path about three blocks to the beautiful Pike River and the awesome Eighteen Foot Falls.
Take Morgan Park east of Highway 141, and follow signs to Falls. A good parking space is provided. It's about a 1/4 mile hike on a nice path to the Falls. The Falls drop about 50 feet through the rocks. It's a magnificent scene.
From Long Slide Falls, you may want to travel a couple of miles east to Morgan Park for camping, swimming and picnicking.
Upstream from Long Slide Falls. It's about a 1/2 mile hike from the bigger Long Slide Falls.
At Amberg, take Highway K east of Highway 141, about 1/2 mile to the power line right-of-way and walk a couple of blocks north under the lines. A path takes you to the rapids on the Pike River.
A beautiful County Park on the Pike River, just south of Amberg on Highway 141. In addition to the scenic Falls and rock formations, this Park offers playground and restroom facilities.
Located on the Menominee River. Cross bridge into Michigan on Highway 8 and watch for signs. Take left at sign to end of the road. It's about a 1/2 mile walk to the rapids.
From Twelve Foot Falls Park take Twelve Foot Falls Rd. to Forest Road 510 (FR510) about 1/2 mile to the Turnoff to the falss (watch for sign). This turnoff leads to a small parking area where a walking trailleads to the falls. The roads leading to Horseshoe Falls can be rough, particularly in bad weather.
