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Waterfalls
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Big Pup Falls
From Marquette, drive about 23 miles north on CR 550 to CR 510. CR 510 is a dirt road and will be on the left. Follow CR 510 about 8.5 miles to the falls on Big Pup Creek, which will be down in the valley on the lift side of the road.
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Black River Falls
From Marquette, drive west on US 41 11.3 miles to business 28 in the city of Ishpeming. Drive south on Bus. 28 0.9 miles to the stop sign and turn right onto Saginaw Street (CR 581). Continue about 9.7 miles from Ishpeming on CR 581 until you see a sing for the falls on the right. Turn right at this sign and follow the dirt road 1.3 miles to the parking area for the falls.
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Bushy Creek Falls
From Marquette, take county road 550 north approximately 18 miles to the bridge over the Yellow Dog River. Turn left on to the first road immediately after the bridge. This road is unmarked, but is known locally as Bear Lake Road. Continue down this dirt road for about 1.8 miles to a place where the Bushy Creek flows over the road. Park there and follow the sound the waterfall, which is though the brush on the left side of the road.
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Carp River Falls
From the Morgan Creek falls, follow the Morgan Creek fifty meters downstream to its mouth at the Carp River. Follow the Carp River upstream about 0.75 miles to the two-tiered set of falls. There is no trail leading to the Carp River falls and the terrain is rugged, so watch your step.
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Dead River Falls
From Marquette, drive north on Wright Street to Forestville Road. Drive 2.1 miles down Forestville Road, over the narrow bridge to the power station. Park at the power station. Behind the power station is a power line cut leading up a hill. Walk up this hill to the exposed metal aqueduct with the word "falls" painted on it. Follow the foot trail at the aqueduct to the Dead River falls.
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Little Garlic Falls
From Marquette, take county road 550 north about 11 miles to the parking area just after the bridge on the Little Garlic River. Turn left on to the dirt road and proceed 1.7 miles to a smaller, wooden bridge. Park here and walk upstream about a mile to the falls.
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Morgan Creek Falls
From Marquette, take McClellan Ave. 2.3 miles south from US 41 to a dirt two-track on the right, just before the Marquette Mountain ski area. Follow this two-track for 1.3 miles to a small, two car parking area on the left. The falls are about fifty yards from parking area down the trail.
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Stony Mills
Stony Mills is also on the Dead River, just upstream from Dead River falls. Follow the directions to the Dead River falls and continue upstream about a mile to Stony Mills. This waterfall is just downstream from a large power line cut that leads back to Forestville Road.
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