Canada 
In numbers.
4m
Height
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
0m
Elevation
The water at Reversing Falls, month by month
It roars from October to June.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 88%Jan
- 80%Feb
- 85%Mar
- 92%Apr
- 89%May
- 75%Jun
- 57%Jul
- 48%Aug
- 56%Sep
- 83%Oct
- 92%Nov
- 100%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.
Series of rapids on the Saint John River located in central eastern Canada
Reversing Falls is a coastal waterfall in Canada. The water falls 4 m.
Getting there.
- Saint John Westnearest town · 1.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 790 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Saint John Airport (YSJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight lineCar hire at YSJ airport (Saint John)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
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.
Here the river runs about 30 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 10viewpointsReversing Falls Lookout and 9 more
- 1waymarked walking routesTrans Canada Trail (NB)
- 194car parks
- —swimming spots
- 11picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 4information boards and visitor centres
- 27bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesRockwood Park Campground
- 26hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmChipman Hill Suites, Delta Hotels, Travelodge Suites and 23 more
- 53restaurants 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
- Saint John West1.0 km in a straight line
- Greendale1.3 km in a straight line
- North End1.3 km in a straight line
- Fairville Plateau1.5 km in a straight line
- Fundy Heights1.7 km in a straight line
- Milford1.7 km in a straight line
- Indiantown1.9 km in a straight line
- Quinton Heights2.5 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 | -3 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Night °C | -12 | -11 | -6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 88 | 88 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 109 | 95 | 87 | 98 | 127 | 127 | 132 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (0 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 | 83% | 74% | 50% | 87% | 81% | 45% | 86% | 65% | 72% | 59% | 77% | 147% |
| 2021 | 44% | 83% | 60% | 86% | 55% | 46% | 167% | 99% | 154% | 47% | 94% | 63% |
| 2022 | 109% | 113% | 97% | 121% | 46% | 75% | 90% | 138% | 97% | 72% | 83% | 110% |
| 2023 | 180% | 34% | 49% | 43% | 61% | 154% | 180% | 168% | 134% | 77% | 53% | 86% |
| 2024 | 79% | 74% | 250% | 60% | 34% | 80% | 84% | 95% | 49% | 47% | 60% | 76% |
| 2025 | 73% | 57% | 137% | 127% | 93% | 67% | 54% | 25% | 42% | 69% | 63% | 71% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q2967745) · 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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