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Vodopád Černého potoka

On the Černý potok.

When to go

NPR Jizerskohorské bučiny, vodopád Černého potoka (2)
Palickap · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

Apr–May
Jul–Aug

Best months

656m

Elevation

The water at Vodopád Černého potoka, month by month

It roars from January to September.

It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (January): the falls can partly freeze.

  1. 84%Jan
  2. 85%Feb
  3. 100%Mar
  4. 87%Apr
  5. 84%May
  6. 80%Jun
  7. 88%Jul
  8. 87%Aug
  9. 77%Sep
  10. 71%Oct
  11. 65%Nov
  12. 55%Dec
high water best months to go may freeze

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May and from July to August.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Vodopád Černého potoka is a waterfall on the Černý potok, in Czechia.

Getting there.

  • Hejnicenearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
  • Parking 1,820 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 101 km in a straight lineCar hire at DRS airport (Dresden)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From April to May and from July to Augustbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Vodopád Černého potoka seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Černý potok through the falls
400 m600 m800 mVodopád Černého potoka-1.5 km-1 km-0.5 km0+0.5 km+1 km+1.5 km← upstreamdownstream →

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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

Around the falls the river drops 508 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 148 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 8viewpointsFrýdlantské Cimbuří, Černá stěna, Hajní Kostel and 5 more
  • 16waymarked walking routes[Z] U Kyselky - Desná, [Ž] U Čihadel - Pod vodopády, [Ž] Bílý Potok pod Smrkem – Pod Klínovým vrchem and 13 more
  • 7car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 5picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 14information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 9other named waterfalls within 4 kmVodopád Velkého Štolpichu, Polední vdp., Malý Štolpich and 6 more
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesAutokempink Hejnice
  • 31hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmVilla Wildner Výsluní, Pension Hubert, Penzion Ferda and 28 more
  • 12restaurants 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

  • Hejnice3.1 km in a straight line
  • Nové Město pod Smrkem7.7 km in a straight line
  • Josefův Důl8.4 km in a straight line
  • Raspenava8.7 km in a straight line
  • Janov nad Nisou9.9 km in a straight line
  • Świeradów-Zdrój11 km in a straight line
  • Mníšek11 km in a straight line
  • Frýdlant12 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C-2051116202222171140
Night °C-7-7-41610121172-2-5
Rain & snow (mm)644653396877928362565557
Wet days141213101314151211111214
Sun h/day1.22.43.86.26.66.96.86.35.13.21.30.8
Snow on the ground (cm)1716103000001816

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (656 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

NPR Jizerskohorské bučiny, vodopád Černého potoka (1)
Palickap · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vodopád1
Hanbar06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Černý potok (přítok Smědé) (012)
Richenza · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202055%250%88%22%120%202%44%134%107%201%38%44%
2021114%102%91%127%167%120%117%155%53%52%99%101%
202288%178%25%139%61%153%51%124%115%57%76%81%
202397%148%149%177%47%80%64%188%42%148%204%185%
2024101%220%45%93%79%86%78%113%263%63%103%75%
202591%38%59%83%106%77%115%64%122%135%85%49%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Vodopád Černého potoka

Czechia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

Kamieńczyk Waterfall

Poland

  • 27 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

Pančavský vodopád

Czechia

  • 148 mHeight
  • 0.04 m³/sAverage flow
  • May–AugBest months

See the guide

Szklarka Waterfall

Poland

  • 13 mHeight
  • 0.84 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–AugBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q11924891) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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