Italy Waterfall

Cascate Nardis

A 130 m drop.

When to go

This picture belongs to Xavier Caré . Please credit : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

130m

Height

4.0m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–Jun
Nov

Best months

5.0MW

Water power

estimate

The water at Cascate Nardis, month by month

It roars from April to June and from October to November.

The fullest months: from April to June and from October to November.

1.2 m³/sJan
1.3 m³/sFeb
4.1 m³/sMar
6.5 m³/sApr
8.3 m³/sMay
7.0 m³/sJun
5.1 m³/sJul
5.3 m³/sAug
4.9 m³/sSep
5.8 m³/sOct
7.0 m³/sNov
3.3 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 1.2 m³/s in the lowest month to 8.3 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and November.

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 Trentino

Cascate Nardis is a waterfall in Italy. The water falls 130 m. It lies within Parco naturale provinciale dell' Adamello Brenta.

Getting there.

Carisolonearest town · 3.4 km in a straight line
Parking 110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Bolzano Airport (BZO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 km in a straight lineCar hire at BZO airport (Bolzano)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From April to June and Novemberbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

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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.

5.0 MW

About 4.0 m³/s falling 130 m: the power of the water as it drops.

as much as 1.7 large wind turbines
enough to power about 1,300 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.

Cascate Nardis 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 Rio di Nardis through the falls

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

Around the falls the river drops 773 m in 1.9 km. Here the river runs about 67 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

1viewpointsCascate Nardis
5waymarked walking routesSentiero di Val Nardis, Sentiero della Pace - Tappa 2 and 3 more
11car parks
—swimming spots
1picnic sites
2toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCascata Amola
—caves
2campsitesCamping Faè, Camping Parco Adamello
38hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Rio, Hotel Denny e Residence, Appartamento Terme di Caderzone and 35 more
5restaurants 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

Carisolo3.4 km in a straight line
Pinzolo3.9 km in a straight line
Giustino4.5 km in a straight line
Caderzone Terme5.4 km in a straight line
Massimeno5.5 km in a straight line
Strembo6.1 km in a straight line
Bocenago6.5 km in a straight line
Spiazzo7.5 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	2	4	8	12	17	22	24	23	19	14	8	4
Night °C	-5	-4	0	5	9	13	15	15	11	6	2	-4
Rain & snow (mm)	45	52	60	85	114	106	102	116	94	106	119	64
Wet days	8	7	8	13	17	17	17	16	12	12	11	9
Sun h/day	4.5	5.6	6.6	6.1	6.1	7.4	8.0	7.2	6.3	5.1	3.6	3.7
Snow on the ground (cm)	24	25	16	9	3	0	0	0	2	5	13	21

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (921 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Nardis Waterfalls in a rainy day, Val Genova — Marco Ober · CC BY-SA 4.0

CASCATA NARDIS — Mariska79 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cascate del Nardis 01 — Syrio · 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	40%	29%	130%	48%	90%	155%	105%	178%	101%	193%	9%	287%
2021	225%	86%	26%	83%	111%	56%	153%	85%	98%	68%	119%	50%
2022	40%	66%	15%	78%	72%	79%	92%	92%	246%	58%	64%	96%
2023	93%	10%	64%	86%	173%	115%	157%	111%	61%	193%	90%	136%
2024	331%	228%	209%	112%	212%	298%	109%	52%	199%	212%	8%	56%
2025	223%	70%	167%	96%	119%	66%	159%	150%	184%	61%	84%	63%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Cascate Nardis

Italy

130 mHeight
4.0 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–Jun, NovBest months

Cascate del Varone

Italy

100 mHeight
0.68 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–Jun, NovBest months

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Sardagna waterfall

Italy

—Height
—Average flow
May–Jun, Oct–NovBest months

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Cascata del Mughetto

Italy

—Height
—Average flow
May–Jun, Oct–NovBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q3661552) · 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.