Agate Falls Gallery

Agate Falls Scenic Site
Agate Falls Gallery
Feb 5, 2005

This gallery of pictures of Agate Falls was taken on 4-23-04 in an effort to help people recognize the beauty of this beautiful designated State Scenic Site. The trail from the MDOT-maintained Joseph Oravec roadside park on M-28 is well maintained and leads to a small viewing area high above the Falls and offers on view of these wonderful Falls. A railroad trestle overhands the Falls even further above, as can be noted in the bottom picture, and can be accessed by a separate trail. A park bench is placed in the middle of the trestle for people to view the Falls.

To gain access to the views below, a person will need to go around the main viewing area and carefully work their way down a long hillside (see bottom picture for an idea of how steep the hillside is) which is not maintained and is very difficult to traverse. It is not recommended to try this climb unless one is in good shape. But the effort is worthwhile and allows one to feel the power of the Falls

Agate Falls Without Sunlight
Shining Green
Agate Falls With Sunlight
shining red

Agate Falls From Downstream

Agate Falls Powerful and
Awesome to Behold

Size with Person Gives Perspective
Foaming White Power
in the Sun's Rays

Red Rocks Frame Agate Falls
Base of Agate Falls With
Scattered Red Rocks

Base of Agate Falls With
Scattered Red Rocks

Water Splashes over
Agate Falls

Agate Falls Seen through Forest Beneath
Agate Falls viewed from
high up on hillside

Forest Basin Below
Agate Falls
Hillside gives idea of
difficulty of getting down
to the base of Agate Falls

Rapids Flowing Away
from Agate Falls