Tahquamenon River Trail Hike

Tahquamenon River Trail

The Tahquameonon River Trail at Tahquamenon Falls State Park - July 13, 2013

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The view from the Upper Falls overlook.

The Tahquamenon River Trail:

While Mom and the kids checked out the gift shop at the Upper Falls I hiked the Tahquamenon River Trail back to our campsite. This 4 mile hike is moderately difficult with more climbing than you would expect and some sections of fairly rough and rooty trail. I figured that walking in the downstream direction would be more down hill than the other direction. I have seen people on the trail in flip flops, but I would recommend at least a sturdy pair of shoes.

The Tahquamenon Falls State Park hiking trail map. Right click the map to save, print or rotate.

This is also a section of the North Country Trail and it is well marked with the standard blue blazes.

the stairs down to the tahquamenon river

Several of the steep trail sections have stairs.

After climbing up and over a ridge on a bend in the river the trail drops down and runs along the river bank.

There are posts at each mile along the way.

After about a mile hiking down along the river the trail climbs up to this bench with a view of the river that is mostly blocked by the trees.

By the halfway point you are back down by the river again and there is another bench if you need a rest.

overgrown trail along the tahquamenon river

Several of the sections down by the river were getting overgrown already.

There are bridges running over the several small streams flowing down into the river. This was one of the longest and most interesting to cross.

As you near the Lower Falls the river bottom changes to mostly rock and you can see the current starting to pickup.

After climbing up high on the bank one more time you drop back down to the lower falls boardwalk and have to fight your way through the crowds for about the last 0.25 mile of the hike.

The view of the Lower Falls from the boardwalk.

Most maps mark this as a 4 mile hike, but my GPS track had it at 4.5 miles and it took about 1.5 hours to complete. There is a shuttle available if you can't arrange transportation. I think it started at $15 for the first person and $2 for each additional person.

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