Reany Falls
With a location close to a well-known Marquette destination (Dead River Falls) Reany Falls is a surprisingly photographed and popular waterfall. Composed a few small drops along a narrow creek, the main focus is a three-way split plunge nestled in the bedrock that is viewable from the road’s bridge above. Smaller drops sit above these falls, although the narrow little canyon makes viewing them difficult.
Directions
Turn north onto County Road 492 (Wright Street) from US-41 on the west side of Marquette. After a quick right turn head left on Forestville Road (should be marked with some recreational signs) about .6 miles after leaving US-41. Keep on Forestville Road, over the one-lane bridge, for about 2 miles. Stop at the parking area within view of the old power station, near the outhouse. The falls lie back up the road near the bridge over Reany Creek (not the bridge to the house, the bridge that you drove over on Forestville Road within eyesight of the parking lot). Dead River Falls is in the opposite direction, up the path on the hill.
Photographs
Visits
Seen in April.
I later learned that we drove right past Reany Falls, a small drop some hundred yards from the Dead River Falls parking area and visible from the road. I opted to go under the bridge; there were a few small foaming chutes below the metal grating I wanted to photograph, and staying close to the little creek gave an intimate view of the triple drop of Reany Falls with the first morning rays lighting up the nearby rocks. Above the triple drop there was a few frothing chutes, one wide drop mostly covered in snow, and then the creek mellowed out through a flat forest.
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