Ottawa National Forest · Michigan
Yellow Dog Falls
0.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 60112-A · trail class 1 · typical grade 0-5% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, snowshoe, ski
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 46.7201, -87.9501 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Yellow Dog Falls the Forest Service's write-up
season January 1 to December 31
Located in the northeast part of the McCormick Wilderness, these falls are located on the Yellow Dog River, one of only a handful Eastern rivers to be named "wild". This trail is seldom used, and it is very likely you will see no other hikers. The trailhead is located off Ford Rd. and the trail is 2.38 miles to the falls. The trail is not marked as it is located in wilderness. As such, some trail finding may be required. Do not confuse these falls with the Yellow Dog Falls located off road 510 closer to Marquette.
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Ottawa National Forest
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
