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Waterfall of Reinhardstein

A 60 m drop.

When to go

Reinhardstein 1
Sd1982 · CC BY-SA 4.0

In numbers.

60m

Height

1.5m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–May
Aug
Oct

Best months

864kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Waterfall of Reinhardstein, month by month

It roars from November to April.

The fullest months: from November to April.

  1. 2.6 m³/sJan
  2. 2.7 m³/sFeb
  3. 2.7 m³/sMar
  4. 1.7 m³/sApr
  5. 1.2 m³/sMay
  6. 0.7 m³/sJun
  7. 0.6 m³/sJul
  8. 0.9 m³/sAug
  9. 0.6 m³/sSep
  10. 0.8 m³/sOct
  11. 1.4 m³/sNov
  12. 1.8 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.56 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May, August and October.

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 Belgium

Waterfall of Reinhardstein is a waterfall in Belgium. The water falls 60 m.

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

60 mWaterfall ofReinhardstein1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa93 mStatue ofLiberty

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

864 kW

About 1.5 m³/s falling 60 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 216 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

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

Waterfall of Reinhardstein 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 river through the falls
460 m480 m500 mWaterfall of Reinhardstein0← 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 41 m in 0.2 km. Here the river runs about 74 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 3viewpointsNez de Napoléon
  • 20waymarked walking routesWM07 : Panorama de la Warche, GR 14 Parcours Principal, WM08 : Dans la vallée du Poncé and 17 more
  • 14car parks
  • 1swimming spots
  • 10picnic sites
  • 3toilets
  • 4information boards and visitor centres
  • 13bus stops within 1 km
  • 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascade du Bayehon
  • —caves
  • 11campsitesCamping Anderegg, Camping Belle-Vue, Camping des Charmilles and 8 more
  • 61hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmLe Petit Vert, Hôtel l'Esprit Sain, Le Jardin Fleuri and 58 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

  • Robertville1.4 km in a straight line
  • Waimes4.3 km in a straight line
  • Bévercé4.9 km in a straight line
  • Malmédy6.0 km in a straight line
  • Butgenbach7.9 km in a straight line
  • Elsenborn8.3 km in a straight line
  • Bellevaux-Ligneuville9.6 km in a straight line
  • Francorchamps11 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C2371216202221181273
Night °C-3-3036101212852-1
Rain & snow (mm)867672537779849066707890
Wet days151415121415161412141618
Sun h/day1.12.44.16.26.57.06.96.15.33.21.30.7
Snow on the ground (cm)131382000001512

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (466 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Reinhardstein CH1bJPG
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Chateau Reinhardstein, taken from the stream in the valley below - panoramio
ErikTheHague · CC BY-SA 3.0
Reinhardstein 3
Sd1982 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
202058%177%109%35%34%81%52%59%78%134%41%96%
2021122%60%72%99%96%142%209%100%56%77%60%76%
202284%100%25%112%59%133%29%31%191%88%94%93%
2023126%51%162%137%88%70%121%140%118%161%168%131%
2024104%156%121%205%246%154%130%71%161%164%101%91%
2025162%48%24%125%71%90%103%36%222%139%69%41%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Waterfall of Reinhardstein

Belgium

  • 60 mHeight
  • 1.5 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–May, Aug, OctBest months

Waterfalls of Coo

Belgium

  • 15 mHeight
  • 9.5 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–May, AugBest months

See the guide

Cascade du Bayehon

Belgium

  • 9 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Aug, OctBest months

See the guide

Little Kyll

Germany

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–Jun, OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q1925070) · CC0
River flow and catchmentHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
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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