Goal: Wisconsin Waterfalls – AdamMartin.SPACE

Goal: Visit all Wisconsin naturally-occurring waterfalls. This list (generally) does not include various man-made spillways and unremarkable rapids/creeks.

Most of these were added from the Wisconsin Waterfalls Travel Guide by Bob Schneider at waterfallswisconsin.com which is probably the best single resource for the state. Other books exist but are not as complete – I have referenced them at the bottom of this page if interested.

Waterfalls by Wisconsin County

Adams
- Witches Falls
Ashland
- Bad River Falls (Private – Bad River Reservation)
- Brownstone Falls
- Brunsweiler River Rapids
- Copper Falls
- Morgan Falls
- Red Granite Falls
- Second Trestle Falls
- Spring Brook Falls
- Spring Brook Lower Rapids (still possibly more to discover in this area)
- Third Trestle Falls
- Tyler Fork Cascades
Bayfield
- Bayfield Waterfall
- Echo Dells Falls
- Houghton Falls
- Little Sioux River Falls (partial)
- Lost Creek Falls
- Orienta Falls
- Siskiwit Falls
- Twin Falls
- White River Falls
Brown
- Baird Creek Falls
- Fonferek Falls
- Lancaster Creek Rapids
- Wequiock Falls
Buffalo
- Modena Rod & Gun Club Waterfall
Burnett
- Memory Lake Rapids
- St Croix Trail Rapids
Calumet
- Lime Kiln Falls (Upper & Lower)
Chippewa
- Cadott Rapids
- Duncan Creek Rapids
- Lake Wissota Rapids
- Old Abe Rapids
Clark
- Swimming Falls
Columbia
- Durward’s Glen Waterfall
Crawford
- Pine Creek Spring Falls
Dane
- Black Earth Creek Waterfall & Rapids
- Millpond Road Spring Falls
- Pheasant Branch Trail Falls
Door
- Brussels Bluff Waterfall (ephemeral)
Douglas
- Amnicon Falls
- Big Manitou Falls
- Buckley Falls
- Copper Creek Falls
- Lenroot Ledges
- Little Manitou Falls
- Mays Ledges
- Now and Then Falls
- Shale Falls
- Snake Pit Falls
Dunn
- 330th Street Falls
- Birch Creek Falls
- Devil’s Punchbowl Falls
- Eau Galle Rapids
- Falls City Falls
- Gilbert Creek Falls
- Muddy Creek Falls
- Red Cedar Waterfall
- Rock Falls
- Tripp Falls (Private Land)
Eau Claire
- Big Falls (Seymour)
- Coon Fork Creek Falls
- Hamilton Falls
- Little Niagara Falls
Florence
- Big Bull Falls
- Breakwater Falls (aka Pine River Falls)
- Bull Falls
- Jennings Falls
- LaSalle Falls
- Little Bull Falls (Failed Attempt #1)
- Meyers Falls
- Washburn Falls
Forest
- Armstrong Creek Rapids
Grant
- Big Sand Cave Falls
- Fractured Spring Falls
- Little Sand Cave Falls
- Markley Hollow Falls
- Montfort Waterfall
- Pictured Rock Falls
- Sandy Hollow Road Falls
- Tennyson Falls
- Twin Witches Falls
- Valley of the Springs Falls
- Waterfall Road Waterfall
Iowa
- Big Spring Creek Cascades
- Cox Hollow Falls
- Enee Rapids
- Stephens Falls
Iron
- Foster Falls
- Gile Falls
- Hwy 77 Falls (Basically Impossible due to private) & Hwy 77 Rapids
- Interstate Falls
- Interstate Falls Upper
- Interstate Rapids
- Kimball Falls
- Lake of the Falls
- Little Balsam Falls
- Peterson Falls (Private land but stay tuned…)
- Potato River Falls
- Potato River Falls Upper
- Potato River Lower Rapids
- Rice Lake Rapids/Falls
- Rock Cut Falls (No longer possible – Private Land)
- Rouse Falls
- Saxon Falls
- Spring Camp Falls
- Superior Falls
- Superior Falls Upper
- Tyler Forks Dells Falls
- Upson Falls
- Willard Falls
- Willard Falls Lower
- Willard Rapids (I previously called this Potato River Dalles for lack of other names)
- Wren Falls
- Wren Falls Lower
Jackson
- Black River Falls
- Black River Falls – Hwy K Rapids
- Kelly Road Falls
- Lost Falls
- Ni-ho-kha-wa-ne-ey-ja
- North Bend Falls
- Perry Creek Falls (aka Perry Creek Rapids)
- Polly Falls (Failed attempt #1)
- Roaring Creek Falls
La Crosse
- TBD
Lafayette
- TBD
Lincoln
- Grandfather Falls
- Prairie River Dells
- Spirit Falls
Manitowoc
- Cato Falls Lower
- Cato Falls Upper
- Devils River Falls
- Nachtwey Falls
Marathon
- Big Rib Falls
- Dells of the Eau Claire Falls
Marinette
- Big South Falls
- Bull Falls (Amberg)
- Bull Falls (Blanchette Road)
- Carney Rapids
- Dave’s Falls
- Eightfoot Falls
- Eighteenfoot Falls
- Farm Dam Landing Rapids (aka Governor Peshtigo Falls)
- First Drop Rapids (aka Pipeline Rapids)
- Five Foot Falls (aka Roaring Rapids)
- Four Foot Falls
- High Falls & Spillway
- Horserace Rapids
- Horseshoe Falls (Dunbar)
- Jerry Chute Rapids
- Kremlin Falls
- Little Quinnesec Falls & Spillway
- Little South Falls
- Long Slide Falls
- McClintock Falls
- Miscauno Falls (Private – No Public Access)
- Pemebonwon Falls
- Pemene Falls
- Piers Gorge 1st Pier (Terminal Surfer)
- Piers Gorge 2nd Pier (2 Sisters)
- Piers Gorge 3rd Pier (Mishicot Falls, aka Misicot/Missicot)
- Piers Gorge 4th Pier (Sand Portage Falls)
- Quiver Falls
- Road 510 Falls
- Smalley Falls
- South Branch Pike River Lower Falls
- South Branch Pike River Upper Falls
- Split Rapids (aka S-Curve Rapids)
- Strong Falls
- Taylor Falls
- Third Drop Rapids
- Three Foot Falls Rd 517
- Thunder River Fish Hatchery Falls
- Twelve Foot Falls
- Veteran’s Falls
- Veteran’s Falls Lower
- Veteran’s Three Foot Falls
- Veteran’s Thunder River Falls
- Yellow Bridge Falls
- Yellow Bridge Rapids
Menominee
- Bear Trap Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Big Eddy Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Big Smokey Falls
- Ducknest Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Ducknest Rapids
- Evergreen Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Keshena Falls
- Peavey Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Pissmire Falls
- Rainbow Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Shotgun Eddy Rapids
- Sullivan Falls
- Tea Kettle Rapids
- Wayka Falls (Private – Menominee Reservation)
- Wolf River Dalles
Milwaukee
- Estabrook Waterfall
Monroe
- Amundson Park Falls
- Cascade Creek Falls
- Trout Falls
Oconto
- Bagley Rapids/Falls
- Bagley Rapids Lower
- Baldwin Creek Falls
- Barney Creek Falls
- Slippery Rock Falls
- Waupee Creek Rapids
Oneida
- Cedar Falls
- Willow Rapids Falls
Ozaukee
- Cedarburg Falls
- Grafton Falls
- Sauk Creek Falls
Pierce
- Boy Scout Falls (Failed Attempt #1)
- Devil’s Mixing Bowl (WI DNR)
- GasLite Bar and Grill Falls
- Glen Park Falls
- Hidden Falls (found on AllTrails)
- Junction Falls & Lake George Spillway
- Trimbelle River Falls
Polk
- Buttermilk Falls
- Cascade Falls
- Dalles of the St. Croix (aka Taylors Falls)
- Geiger Falls
- Little Falls (Amery)
- Osceola Bedrock Glades Falls
- Pike Hole Rapids
- Silverbrook Falls
Portage
- Jordan Park Falls & Rapids
- Stedman Park Falls
Price
- Big Falls
- Big Falls Upper
Racine
- All Evil Wave
Rusk
- Devil’s Kettle Falls
- Signe Falls? (aka Gundy’s Canyon Falls?)
- Red Canyon Falls
Sauk
- Baxter’s Hollow Rapids
- Black Bear Falls
- December Falls (aka Rosnos Falls)
- East Bluff Falls
- Hemlock Draw State Natural Area (check Google photos, possible ice falls, needs confirmation)
- Parfrey’s Glen Falls
- Pewits Nest Falls – No Longer Accessible, DNR Closed Because People Suck (Failed Attempt #1)
- Pine Hollow State Natural area (check Google photos, possible ice falls, needs confirmation)
- Redstone Falls
- ¿Secret Falls?
- Skillet Falls
- South Bluff Cascades (Need to determine location – https://www.devilslakewisconsin.com/2019/05/21/devils-lake-cascades-video/)
Sawyer
- Bellile Falls
- Flambeau Falls Rapids
- Little Falls (Winter)
- Pipestone Falls (Private – Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation)
- Yarnell Creek Falls
Shawano
- Freeman Falls (aka Monastery Falls)
- Gilmer Falls
- Hayman Falls / Rapids
- Little Bull Falls
- Red River Falls
Sheboygan
- Sheboygan Falls
St Croix
- Apple River Falls
- Apple Falls Sidestream Falls
- Little Falls Lake Rapids (Failed Attempt #1)
- New Richmond Falls (and a Spillway)
- Willow Falls
Trempeauleau
- Horseshoe Falls (Trempeauleau) – ephemeral/ice falls
Vilas
- Allequash Creek Falls
Vernon
- Eagle Eye Rapids
- Tunnelville Cliffs Ice Falls
- Wildcat Mountain Ice Falls
Washburn
- Buck Falls
- Colton Rapids
- High Falls
Waukesha
- Menomonee Falls
Waupaca
- Big Falls (Big Falls)
- Keller Lake Falls
- Little Falls (Little Falls)
- Little Wolf River Falls
- Main Street Waterfall
- Waupaca Falls
Wood
- Little Bull Falls

Man-Made But Still Nice

I’m not the biggest fan of concrete dams, but some people like them. Many more spillways and man-made waterfalls/fountains can be seen at waterfallswisconsin.com if this interests you!

Eau Claire: The Dells Mill & Museum
Dane: Belleville Spillway, Olbrich Gardens Waterfalls, Paradise Park Falls
Dunn: Eau Galle Spillway
Calumet: Chilton Spillways (State Street, Madison, Walking Path, Main Street)
Iowa: House on the Rock waterfalls
Jackson: Douglas Mill Pond Spillway
La Crosse: Riverside Park Waterfalls, Stry Nature Preserve Falls (East, South)
Milwaukee: Mill Pond Spillway
Richland: Cazenovia Spillway
Vilas: Presque Isle Spillway

Wisconsin Counties with No Remarkable Natural Falls

Barron
Dodge
Fond du Lac
Green
Green Lake
Jefferson
Juneau
Kenosha
Kewaunee
Langlade
Marquette
Outagamie
Pepin
Richland
Rock
Taylor
Walworth
Washington (Regner Park Rapids? Turtle Pond Falls? Ehh…)
Waushara
Winnebago

Printed References

Wisconsin Waterfalls Travel Guide by Bob Schneider. 2018 and 2022 editions
Waterfalling in Wisconsin: The Complete Guide to Waterfalls in the Badger State by David Hedquist. 2014
Wisconsin Waterfalls: A Touring Guide by Patrick J. Lisi. 1998

Online References

Last updated Nov 29, 2023 @ 1:54 am

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