Looking for a nice spring hike? Want to see a waterfall you’ve never seen before? Visit Cook County has just what you need with this year’s fun waterfall map. The map includes waterfalls that can only be seen by canoe or kayak as well as “pop up” waterfalls that only appear in the spring.
Cook County is home to dozens of waterfalls, including pop-up falls– those that occur due to water runoff along Highway 61. Now some handy resources are available for visitors who want to view both waterfalls that are easy to access along the North Shore and those that are more remote.
Visit the web page www.visitcookcounty.com/waterfallwatching/
It features a downloadable map of the top dozen waterfalls from Schroeder to Grand Portage.
A book, Waterfalls of Minnesota’s North Shore: A Guide for Sightseers, Hikers and Romantics, is available at area book stores, gift shops, state parks, and Amazon. About half of the almost 200-page book is devoted to waterfalls in Cook County. The book gives specific directions on how to find them and ratings, based on hike difficulty and quality of viewing.
Co-author Eve Wallinga says viewing waterfalls during years like this when the snowmelt is lower is spectacular in its own ways. “You can actually see rock formations in the riverbeds that are not visible when the water is thundering,” she says.
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