Alger Falls
Michigan · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Today at Alger Falls: areas of fog, 48°F.
Right now
Overnight
48°F
Areas Of Fog
Friday
78°F
Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:04 AM · Sunset 9:39 PM · 15h 35m
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: NWS MQT.
Alger Falls is a waterfall in Alger County, Michigan. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Alger Falls sits in Alger County, Michigan. The base sits at roughly 725 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 4 minutes from Munising. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 480 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Alger Falls is a waterfall located along highway M-28 in Alger County, Michigan near Munising at the junction with M-94. The falls consist of a series of drops, the highest of which is about 15 feet (4.6 m). The falls can be seen from the highway. The level of water coming over the falls can vary greatly depending on snow melt or rainfall.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 04044755 · 8.3 mi away
MINERS RIVER NR MUNISING, MI
View live discharge data →
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 16 | 2.3 | 21 |
| Feb | 28 | 14 | 2 | 18.8 |
| Mar | 37 | 22 | 2.7 | 15.8 |
| Apr | 47 | 30 | 3.7 | 11 |
| May | 62 | 42 | 3 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 72 | 52 | 4 | 0 |
| Jul | 75 | 58 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Aug | 74 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Sep | 68 | 53 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Oct | 55 | 42 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Nov | 43 | 31 | 3.9 | 12.4 |
| Dec | 32 | 22 | 2.8 | 18.8 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alger Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wagner Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Horseshoe Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Olson Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Memorial Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Munising Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Alger Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Alger Falls from a major city?
Alger Falls is 3 miles from Munising (about 4 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
46.3931, -86.6476
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Falls
Wikidata (Q38077)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38077
GeoNames (4983957)
https://www.geonames.org/4983957/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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