Little Miners Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on Little Miners River in Alger County, Michigan, in the Northern Lakes and Forests region. It lies about 7.4 miles northeast of Munising as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Michigan’s 116 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 23rd; the typical Michigan waterfall is about 20 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
Alger County holds 30 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Miners Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Potato Patch Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Miners Beach Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away.
Little Miners Falls is located at 46.4804° N, 86.5314° 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 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.