Sturgeon Falls trailhead
Sturgeon Falls trailhead offers a beautiful, accessible hiking experience featuring a well-maintained 0.8-mile trail with switchbacks, scenic river and waterfalls views, and opportunities to explore downstream sandstone cliffs. It is a kid-friendly location with a moderate hike downhill and uphill, set within pristine natural wilderness with some parking available at the trailhead.
Reviews
A great hike about a mile in to the falls. Trail is well maintained and not difficult. You do walk down hill into the gorge but the trail is a switchback with a nice smooth grade. You didn’t need to be super experienced to enjoy this hike! The river and falls are beautiful. The drive to get there is part of the beauty!
One of the most beautiful places to enjoy in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is ancient Native American land. Please be respectful of it. There is quite a bit of traffic here. I greatly enjoyed watching some fly fisherman catch some big ones right at the head of the main waterfall. I myself caught several fish, I put one in a water hole in a rock, and either a huge bird of pray swooped down and took my fish or it leaped up and went back into the river. Ha ha ha that was so funny! Absolutely stunning and pristine waters.
Initial Switchback trail down to a small lookout of the river, able to get down to the water and walk around.
Sturgeon Falls is the most-visited site in Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness. Park at the trailhead on Forest Road 2270. The trail is 0.8 mile long, easy going down, harder going back up. You can view the falls from above and below. For a little more adventure, go downstream below the falls about 0.2 mile to see the huge sandstone cliff. I also recommend a visit to Silver Mountain if you’re in the area.
Beautiful trail!! There was a switchback where we did not initially see turn down the gorge. It looked like there was a trail straight ahead with all the leaves down! We thought we got lost because it was just way too hard/covered. Turned around and found the trail, indeed the trail is well walked and cleared!