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Pictured Rocks is the site of many of Michigan's waterfalls. Most of the waterfalls resulted from water running over the cliffs of the Munising Formation. This lime and sandstone formation exists between Tahquamenon Falls , some 75 miles (121 km) east, to Laughing Whitefish Falls , 30 miles (48 km) west of the Lakeshore.
Bridalveil Falls is a seasonal waterfall located at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan. [2] From H-58 from Munising it can be reached by going east 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Miners Castle Road, then going 5 miles (8.0 km) to the Castle. It can be seen from afar from here.
Munising Falls is a waterfall located in Munising in the westernmost portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Alger County, Michigan. The falls drops about 50 feet (15 m) over a sandstone cliff. With the exception of the spring thaw, the amount of water falling is relatively small.
The Munising Group or Formation is a 1,700 feet (520 m) thick, white to light grey [1] Cambrian sedimentary unit that crops out in Michigan and (to a lesser extent) Ontario. At one end of its extent, it comprises a basal conglomerate overlain by the Chapel Rock Member and the Miners Castle Member; elsewhere, it comprises the Eau Claire ...
Alger County (/ ˌ æ l dʒ ər / AL-jər) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,842. [2] It is the state's second-largest county by area, including the waters of Lake Superior.
The Grand Island National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Hiawatha National Forest under jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service.Located on Grand Island, Michigan, offshore from Munising, Michigan, the Grand Island National Recreation Area covers approximately 13,500 acres (55 km 2) of Lake Superior woodland.
The Alger Underwater Preserve is a preservation area in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Lake Superior, it protects waters that lie offshore the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and the Grand Island National Recreation Area. [1]
The Cambrian Sandstones of Northern Michigan (PDF) (Report). State of Michigan Department of Conservation, Geological Survey Division. pp. 38– 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2012; Rose, Robert (1997). Overview of Cambrian Sandstone Environments of Deposition (PDF). Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Resource Report ...