Cascade Falls is the kind of attraction that becomes a town's identity. A 500-foot-long concrete cascade of sixteen tumbling steps runs down a landscaped hillside in Sparks Foundation County Park, illuminated from below in shifting reds, blues, greens, and golds on summer evenings. There are six fountains along the falls, all colour-lit, and the show is timed to recorded music.
The park itself is open year-round and the falls run with white water only during the warmer months; the light show runs every evening from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Surrounding facilities include a small museum about William Sparks, paddle boats on the lower pond, mini-golf, a driving range, and an ice rink in winter.
It is honestly one of the more peculiar civic monuments in the Midwest, and easily Jackson's most distinctive sight.