About this spot
High Falls Spillway sits below the Wisconsin Public Service hydroelectric dam on the Peshtigo River, reached via the gravel lot off High Falls Road roughly 12 miles from Crivitz; the road bridge gives the best ground view. It's a well-known, if unofficial, jump spot -- locals and paddlers have used the plunge pool below the dam apron for years, and it turns up repeatedly in regional swimming-hole write-ups. The pool is deep enough to jump into, but dam releases create unpredictable currents, backrollers and eddies that have caused fatalities here; conditions shift fast with flow changes and there is no lifeguard. No entrance fee. Water runs cold and cloudy after a release -- check flow before you go, and never jump when the river is rising.