Albion Falls

[Civchic]

This is one of our most-photographed local waterfalls. One, because it's beautiful, and two, because there is a lookout platform with a parking lot right beside a very busy road. Soon I will find a day to hike up the creek from the bottom - a much less photographed location as there's no trail, and plenty of creek wading.


july 10 mount albion best by civgirlca, on Flickr

 

[sscarmack]

Looks pretty big?

 

[Civchic]

It is! It's one of the biggest in the city - 19m/66ft high (we have 128-ish named waterfalls in city limits, and about 35 just outside the boundaries - gotta love living on a limestone cliff!). This is where the Red Hill Creek falls over the edge. The Red Hill is a major watershed drain, year-round flow. Plus we've had a few good rainstorms this week to boost her up a bit.

 

[astroNikon]

Well I gotta put Hamilton Ontario on my list of places to visit. Not too far away from Detroit.

 

[robbins.photo]

It is! It's one of the biggest in the city - 19m/66ft high (we have 128-ish named waterfalls in city limits, and about 35 just outside the boundaries - gotta love living on a limestone cliff!). This is where the Red Hill Creek falls over the edge. The Red Hill is a major watershed drain, year-round flow. Plus we've had a few good rainstorms this week to boost her up a bit.

It's pretty - that's the one downside to Nebraska, not really a whole ton in the way of "scenic vista's" out this way.. lol

 

[Civchic]

Well I gotta put Hamilton Ontario on my list of places to visit. Not too far away from Detroit.

Only about 3 hours, we drive down there for football games all the time, and have flown out of Detroit airport a couple of times!

We have a bad rap since we're a blue collar working city, with steel as a big part of our industry. People look down their noses at the city as dirty, smelly, all that - but we are bisected by the Niagara Escarpment, a World Heritage biosphere, and bookended by two of the most beautiful natural conservation areas - Dundas Valley and the Red Hill Valley. Check out www.cityofwaterfalls.ca for the full list of waterfalls (some are stretching the definition, but there are many big, beautiful ones).