Copper Falls State Park in Mellen, WI Photo Gallery by Susanne v. Schroeder at pbase.com

Copper Falls State Park in Mellen, WI

About 4 miles north of Mellen, WI the Bad River plunges across an outcropping of resistant rock through which it has been cutting a path for millions of years. The result is a spectacular piece of scenery that today is surrounded by Copper Falls State Park.
Established in 1929, the park carries the name of the 29 foot falls that marks the first drop of the Bad River as it flows through about 2 miles of steepwalled canyons of awesome and rugged splendor. Downstream, Tyler's Forks of the Bad River joins the main branch of the river by plunging into the canyon over Brownstone Falls.
On either side of the swift-flowing water, the walls of the gorge rise 60-100 feet. The falls, the rivers, and the rock walls add up to a breathtaking and exceptional scenic experience.
The Bad River runs a meandering course northward to empty into Lake Superior.

At Copper Falls state park, confluence	Ice chunks along the Tyler Fork river	Bad River gorge with tree
Brownstone Falls from top	Bad River gorge	Brownstone Falls, snow melt
Copper Falls, snow melt	Sunset mood at Copper Falls State park	Snow covered canyon at sunset
Along the Bad River 4	Along the Bad River 1	Woodland trail along the Bad River
Red Granite Falls 5	Red Granite Falls 3	Red Granite Falls 2
Red Granite Falls 1	Path with snow 2	Path with snow 1
Brownstone Falls with rainbow	"Devil's Gate", spring	Bad River gorge, early spring
Along the Tyler Fork river	Sun in tall pine trees	Snow shoe trail
Brownstone Falls with ice	View towards Bad River gorge 2	View towards Bad River gorge
Tyler Fork falls, Copper Falls State park	Sun peeking through, along the Tyler Fork river	The confluence of the Bad River and Tyler Fork
Snow shoe path	Copper Falls, half frozen	Along the Tyler Fork, early spring 2
Along the Tyler Fork,, early spring	Water, light and wind	Copper Falls
Hiking trail	Brownstone Falls	Observation tower
Steps	Tyler Fork cascades	Tyler Fork
Devil's Gate	Brownstone falls under ice	Tyler Cascades
tree roots	at Copper Falls State Park 4	Brownstone Falls
Copper Falls	at Copper Falls State Park 3	at Copper Falls State Park 2
at Copper Falls State Park		View of the Penokee Gogebic Range
Copper Falls	Copper Falls
Brownstone Falls	Devil's Gate	Bad River
Tyler 's Forks Cascades
View from the Brownstone Falls towards the Bad River

	Brownstone Falls to the right	Bad River and Tyler's Forks meet
	Copper Falls
Loon Lake
Tyler Forks Cascades	Tyler Forks Cascades	Brownstone Falls
Copper Falls

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Constance Endres		08-Jan-2012 05:47
Beautiful photos of the park I played at many of times when growing up in Mellen. How nice to view these awesome photo's now that I live thousands of miles away

Milan Vogrin		09-Oct-2007 05:16
Great autumn shots.

Gerard Koehl		08-Oct-2007 15:07
Cette galerie est de toute beauté avec ces chutes d'eau et ces couleurs automnales. V

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