Germany 
In numbers.
0.86m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Jun
Best months
335m
Elevation
The water at Wasserfall bei Äpfelbach, month by month
It roars from January to June.
The fullest months: from January to June.
- 1.5 m³/sJan
- 1.4 m³/sFeb
- 2.0 m³/sMar
- 1.3 m³/sApr
- 1.7 m³/sMay
- 0.9 m³/sJun
- 0.8 m³/sJul
- 0.7 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.36 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.
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.
Waterfall in Germany
Wasserfall bei Äpfelbach is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Egloffsteinnearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 610 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 28 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Junebest 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.
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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 68 m in 1.0 km.
What is around.
- 15viewpointsPfarrfelsen, Spiegelfelsen, Breitenstein and 12 more
- 34waymarked walking routesHöhenweg Unterleinleiter-Obertrubach, Plech - Wiesenthau, IFS-Weg and 31 more
- 16car parks
- —swimming spots
- 17picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 24information boards and visitor centres
- 6bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- 6caves
- 4campsitesWohnmobilstellplatz Pezoldstraße - Gößweinstein, Dauercampingplatz Sponsel, Gasthof Eichler Zeltplatz and 1 more
- 53hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmGasthof-Pension Brennerei Mühlhäuser, Zur Post, Fränkische Schweiz and 50 more
- 9restaurants 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
- Egloffstein2.3 km in a straight line
- Leutenbach6.2 km in a straight line
- Pretzfeld6.8 km in a straight line
- Obertrubach7.2 km in a straight line
- Kirchehrenbach7.7 km in a straight line
- Gößweinstein7.9 km in a straight line
- Hiltpoltstein8.4 km in a straight line
- Ebermannstadt8.4 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 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -3 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 58 | 44 | 48 | 39 | 76 | 69 | 77 | 72 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 60 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (335 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 | 48% | 261% | 94% | 35% | 64% | 172% | 42% | 146% | 103% | 111% | 28% | 105% |
| 2021 | 136% | 121% | 73% | 65% | 134% | 161% | 180% | 154% | 48% | 64% | 78% | 124% |
| 2022 | 98% | 112% | 41% | 195% | 41% | 57% | 33% | 105% | 185% | 90% | 90% | 84% |
| 2023 | 69% | 103% | 181% | 126% | 53% | 66% | 90% | 185% | 37% | 107% | 187% | 155% |
| 2024 | 113% | 151% | 59% | 156% | 185% | 134% | 92% | 100% | 209% | 111% | 81% | 81% |
| 2025 | 107% | 66% | 38% | 72% | 46% | 90% | 116% | 60% | 213% | 112% | 68% | 30% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Wasserfall bei Äpfelbach
Germany
- —Height
- 0.86 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21964278) · 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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