Stepping Stone Falls
Michigan · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Stepping Stone Falls is light today (22 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. October averages 1.2 snow days here.
Right now
Streamflow
21.5 cfs
KEARSLEY CREEK NEAR DAVISON, · 1h ago
Today
70°F
Areas Of Fog then Partly Sunny
Tonight
45°F
Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:59 AM · Sunset 6:37 PM · 10h 37m
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
Above 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 52.9 cfs · 40% of last year — significantly drier
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 | 33 | 20 | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| Feb | 36 | 18 | 2.1 | 12.8 |
| Mar | 48 | 29 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| Apr | 57 | 37 | 3.3 | 5.8 |
| May | 70 | 49 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 80 | 59 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Jul | 83 | 63 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Aug | 81 | 62 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 74 | 56 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Oct | 62 | 45 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 49 | 34 | 1.9 | 6.2 |
| Dec | 39 | 27 | 2.5 | 11.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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