Dault's Falls
Dault’s Falls is a tall, clunky cascade of water over sharp, awkward rocks that empties into a deep pool.The creek runs along the Herman-Nestoria Road, descending from the highlands of Herman, until it finally merges into Falls River south of L’Anse. This waterfall sits within a few hundred yards of the road behind a house.
Directions
Park alongside Herman Road just less than a mile from US-41, not quite at the second driveway on the right past Poor Road. Head down the west side of the road to the falls, keeping clear of the driveway, and follow the river downstream. Falls are a few hundred yards from the driveway. Try to keep to the river on the way there and back as there is a house near the waterfall.
Photographs
Visits
Seen in April and June.
After a few hundred feet the water twisted away from the road and began to swing around the back of a house, and a crest of water showed up ahead. Once I dropped down with the creek and looked back it was obvious that this, not the little drop upstream, was the real waterfall. It was a perfect drop. The creek funneled together and then shot out of a small chute, plunging over rocks and rapids with white fury, before dropping into a long, calm pool. This, this was a scenic spot. That house nearby worried me, though.
One consistent piece of information about this waterfall claimed that it was difficult to reach due to private property. A roadside waterfall is not difficult to reach. Quickly I made my way down to the drop, overly aware of the proximity to the private driveway, snapped a few pictures and saved a waypoint. Later, I was able to use this coordinate to discover that I was actually a few hundred yards upstream from the real Dault's Falls.
I could hear the rushing waters from the roadside. The drop was small and pretty, especially with all of the dew-wet rocks and vegetation surrounding them. I wouldn't find out until much later that this set of rapids was a fraction of the real Dault's Falls, located several hundred feet downstream.
Comments
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I have visited a definite second drop several hundred yards downstream where the stream begins to turn south for a bit.
A second drop, downstream of this one? Dang. I thought I had rooted out all of this waterfall!
Not sure which of the two you have pictured. I you look at your map, satellite view, you can see whitewater near the marker, that is the downstream falls. If you look upstream very near the driveway, there is another hint of white, this is the upstream falls.
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