Upper Chocolay Falls is a waterfall on East Branch Chocolay River in Marquette County, Michigan, in the Northern Lakes and Forests region. It lies about 4.6 miles east of K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base and roughly 129.5 miles north of Green Bay as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
The Northern Lakes and Forests are a glaciated landscape of pine, spruce, aspen and northern hardwoods dotted with thousands of lakes and wetlands. Rivers step down over ancient bedrock ledges, with dark, tannin-stained water pouring over rock.
Marquette County holds 77 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Chocolay Falls, is about 2.8 miles away. Upper Frohling Falls #2 (Chocolay Falls), is about 4 miles away. Frohling Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 4 miles away.
Upper Chocolay Falls is located at 46.3190° N, 87.2713° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.