The 10 Best Waterfalls in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's falls ride the Douglas Fault and the old lava flows of the Lake Superior lowlands — a 165-footer taller than Niagara, tannin-brown rivers braiding through covered-bridge parks, and a county that calls itself the Waterfalls Capital and sells a $25 annual pass to prove it.
Big Manitou: 165 feet — Wisconsin's tallest, through a tunnel under the highway.
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Amnicon: three falls, a covered bridge, and permission to swim.
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Willow: 45 feet over three ledges in a 200-foot gorge — the Twin Cities' favorite.
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Copper: the Bad River folding through lava rock on CCC stonework.
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Brownstone: Tyler Forks cannonballing into the Bad River gorge — the loop's better half.
Directions, season & rules for Brownstone Falls →Morgan: seventy feet down a granite face, with St. Peter's Dome for dessert.
Directions, season & rules for Morgan Falls →Superior: the Montreal River's 90-foot goodbye to Wisconsin at the state line.
Directions, season & rules for Superior Falls →Potato River: two wild falls, free camping, zero polish — the connoisseur's stop.
Directions, season & rules for Potato River Falls →Little Manitou: the 30-foot opening act worth the trail approach.
Directions, season & rules for Little Manitou Falls →
Daves: the Waterfalls Capital's flagship, named for the log driver the river kept.
Directions, season & rules for Daves Falls →Rankings reflect our research, not a verdict on your trip — every spot page takes community ratings and conditions reports, and that's where the real answer to "is it worth it?" lives.