Eighty Foot Falls (Ives Falls) is an 80-foot waterfall on River Styx in Marquette County, Michigan, in the Northern Lakes and Forests region. It lies about 26.5 miles north of West Ishpeming as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 116 Michigan waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 4th. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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. Mountain Stream Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away. Middle Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 3 miles away. Upper Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 3.1 miles away.
Eighty Foot Falls (Ives Falls) is located at 46.8543° N, 87.8423° 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.