Germany 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
1,307m
Elevation
The water at Feldsee-Wasserfall, month by month
It roars from October to August.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 100%Jan
- 89%Feb
- 96%Mar
- 85%Apr
- 100%May
- 86%Jun
- 80%Jul
- 78%Aug
- 70%Sep
- 83%Oct
- 77%Nov
- 90%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Feldsee-Wasserfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Hinterzartennearest town · 7.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,220 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at BSL airport (Bâle / Mulhouse)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 297 m in 1.1 km. Here the river runs about 120 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 22viewpointsFeldberg, Räuberfels, Herzogenhornblick and 19 more
- 99waymarked walking routesWestweg (Westliche Variante), Westweg (Östliche Variante), Genießerpfad - Feldbergsteig and 96 more
- 31car parks
- —swimming spots
- 10picnic sites
- 8toilets
- 97information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 8other named waterfalls within 4 kmFahler Wasserfall, Sägenbach-Wasserfall, Unterer Kriegsbach-Wasserfall and 5 more
- —caves
- 2campsitesWohnmobil Stellplatz Keller Todtnau, Trekking-Camp Steinbruch
- 139hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBerggasthaus Gisiboden-Alm, Albhof am Wasserfall, Hotel Gasthaus Hirschen and 136 more
- 20restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Hinterzarten7.0 km in a straight line
- Todtnau7.7 km in a straight line
- Bernau7.8 km in a straight line
- Breitnau8.2 km in a straight line
- Oberried9.1 km in a straight line
- Buchenbach10 km in a straight line
- Kirchzarten12 km in a straight line
- Schluchsee13 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -2 | -2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | -2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -5 | -2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -4 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 110 | 83 | 94 | 80 | 131 | 110 | 117 | 114 | 88 | 111 | 97 | 122 |
| Wet days | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
| Sun h/day | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,307 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 68% | 252% | 106% | 34% | 75% | 150% | 59% | 134% | 85% | 155% | 45% | 106% |
| 2021 | 155% | 89% | 77% | 61% | 136% | 167% | 149% | 85% | 62% | 64% | 79% | 121% |
| 2022 | 68% | 132% | 25% | 146% | 46% | 104% | 47% | 87% | 175% | 122% | 129% | 94% |
| 2023 | 87% | 47% | 166% | 147% | 82% | 54% | 101% | 139% | 46% | 108% | 284% | 144% |
| 2024 | 127% | 138% | 124% | 134% | 167% | 166% | 104% | 63% | 214% | 106% | 100% | 86% |
| 2025 | 134% | 72% | 47% | 76% | 55% | 109% | 130% | 116% | 197% | 129% | 106% | 31% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Feldsee-Wasserfall
Germany
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q114497139) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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