Beaver Falls
Lake County, Minnesota
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Lake County, Minnesota
- Access status
- Roadside view from the Highway 61 bridge walkway
- The walk
- A few steps from the wayside to the bridge walkway
- Ground & access
- Paved wayside and bridge walkway. The gorge below has wet bedrock with no described trail.

Park at the wayside rest beside the Highway 61 bridge over the Beaver River in Beaver Bay. Walk onto the pedestrian walkway on the bridge and look upstream at the falls. A closer view is possible by climbing down into the gorge, but no maintained trail into the gorge is described.
Plan your visit
Beaver Bay wayside rest to the Highway 61 bridge walkway over the Beaver River
North Shore Visitor says it is a few steps from the wayside to the views from the pedestrian walkway. No measured distance is published.
Paved wayside and bridge walkway. The gorge below has wet bedrock with no described trail.
Where to start
North Shore Visitor places a wayside rest on the northwest corner of the bridge, at mile 51.3 of Highway 61. Go Waterfalling describes parking on the southwest side. Check signs on arrival.
Timing & water
Go Waterfalling notes the falls get thin in summer. Wet or icy rock in the gorge.
Before you go
No fee or reservation is mentioned in the sources read.
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