Stepping Stone Falls
Michigan · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Stepping Stone Falls is light today (10 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
10.4 cfs
KEARSLEY CREEK NEAR DAVISON, · 1h ago
Today
76°F
Mostly Cloudy
Tonight
52°F
Mostly Clear
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:08 AM · Sunset 7:55 PM · 12h 47m
Snapshot built 7m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS DTX.
No verified photo yet
Stepping Stone Falls is a waterfall in 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.
Stepping Stone Falls is in Michigan. The base sits at roughly 712 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 4 minutes from Beecher. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 10 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. It draws modest visitor attention — busier weekends, quiet weekdays. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
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 04148140 · 4.7 mi away
KEARSLEY CREEK NEAR DAVISON, MI
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 7.2 cfs · 197% of last year — significantly wetter
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepping Stone Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mill Creek Falls | 43 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Edwnville Falls | 62 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Columbia Beach Falls | 142 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Olmsted Falls | 148 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Berea Falls | 149 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Stepping Stone 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 Stepping Stone Falls from a major city?
Stepping Stone Falls is 3 miles from Beecher (about 4 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
43.0797, -83.6507
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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