Poland 
In numbers.
0.32m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jul
Best months
236m
Elevation
The water at Górecko Kościelne - Wodospad na rz. Szum, month by month
It roars from March to July.
The fullest months: from March to July. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.3 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.6 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.7 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.5 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.18 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.69 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to July.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Górecko Kościelne - Wodospad na rz. Szum is a waterfall on the Szum, in Poland.
Getting there.
- Józefównearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 150 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport (RZE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 81 km in a straight lineCar hire at RZE airport (Jasionka)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to Julybest months to go (estimate)
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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 35 m in 2.4 km. Here the river runs about 26 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpoints
- 5waymarked walking routesSzlak Puszczy Solskiej, Szlak Walk Partyzanckich, Szlak im. Aleksandry Wachniewskiej and 2 more
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 4picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 15information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesRoztoczeCamp
- 13hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRoztocze, Pokoje gościnne, Noclegi and 10 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Józefów6.3 km in a straight line
- Aleksandrów7.4 km in a straight line
- Tereszpol11 km in a straight line
- Zwierzyniec12 km in a straight line
- Łukowa15 km in a straight line
- Krasnobród17 km in a straight line
- Biłgoraj18 km in a straight line
- Susiec18 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 | -1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Night °C | -7 | -6 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 41 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 84 | 78 | 83 | 64 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 41 |
| Wet days | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (236 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 | 69% | 189% | 85% | 30% | 144% | 191% | 105% | 96% | 226% | 143% | 52% | 96% |
| 2021 | 161% | 159% | 60% | 129% | 103% | 81% | 88% | 208% | 107% | 13% | 89% | 116% |
| 2022 | 133% | 105% | 51% | 190% | 43% | 46% | 100% | 95% | 175% | 78% | 93% | 187% |
| 2023 | 181% | 141% | 168% | 140% | 85% | 129% | 128% | 124% | 80% | 168% | 173% | 155% |
| 2024 | 197% | 144% | 110% | 95% | 37% | 128% | 91% | 127% | 114% | 104% | 58% | 89% |
| 2025 | 89% | 36% | 97% | 125% | 83% | 60% | 126% | 43% | 105% | 72% | 183% | 58% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Górecko Kościelne - Wodospad na rz. Szum
Poland
- —Height
- 0.32 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr–JulBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q34672136) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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