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Dreimühlen waterfall

One of the waterfalls of Germany.

When to go

Dreimühlen-Wasserfall, Ahütte, Bild 1
Alfvanbeem · CC0

In numbers.

0.79m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–Jun
Aug

Best months

379m

Elevation

The water at Dreimühlen waterfall, month by month

It roars in August and from November to June.

It carries water fairly evenly through the year.

  1. 1.1 m³/sJan
  2. 1.1 m³/sFeb
  3. 1.4 m³/sMar
  4. 1.1 m³/sApr
  5. 0.9 m³/sMay
  6. 0.7 m³/sJun
  7. 0.5 m³/sJul
  8. 0.6 m³/sAug
  9. 0.3 m³/sSep
  10. 0.4 m³/sOct
  11. 0.7 m³/sNov
  12. 0.8 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.29 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.4 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and August.

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 Üxheim, Germany

Dreimühlen waterfall is a waterfall in Germany. It lies within Ahbachtal.

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Seen from the sky.

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

Dreimühlen waterfall 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 Mühlenbach through the falls
375 m380 m385 m390 mDreimühlen waterfall0← 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 15 m in 0.1 km. Here the river runs about 26 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 2viewpoints
  • 4waymarked walking routesEifelsteig, Genuss zu Fuß, Hocheifelweg and 1 more
  • 17car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 11picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 12information boards and visitor centres
  • 1bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesBirkenhof, Frings-Mühle
  • 17hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmZur Pfeffermühle, Ferienhaus Felschbachtal, Ferienwohnungen Eichenhof and 14 more
  • 6restaurants 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

  • Üxheim3.1 km in a straight line
  • Hillesheim8.0 km in a straight line
  • Kelberg11 km in a straight line
  • Pelm12 km in a straight line
  • Lissendorf12 km in a straight line
  • Adenau13 km in a straight line
  • Jünkerath14 km in a straight line
  • Gerolstein14 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C2481317212323191373
Night °C-2-2037101312852-1
Rain & snow (mm)635556477275778058596367
Wet days141213111314151311131416
Sun h/day1.12.44.16.26.57.06.96.15.33.21.30.7
Snow on the ground (cm)131372000001512

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (379 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

20150809 Dreimühlenwasserfall 3
Bungert55 · CC BY-SA 3.0
20150809 Dreimühlenwasserfall 4
Bungert55 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2020-10-16-Dreimühlen-Wasserfall-0508
Superbass · 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
202071%199%125%35%39%87%51%77%72%142%56%112%
2021138%76%73%105%92%126%228%104%65%75%55%83%
202297%101%30%113%62%116%33%33%198%99%108%104%
2023141%53%170%129%83%56%124%147%92%168%173%133%
2024110%177%135%186%248%147%113%73%157%166%101%91%
2025178%58%27%155%62%66%96%32%234%138%64%47%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Dreimühlen waterfall

Germany

  • —Height
  • 0.79 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, AugBest months

Little Kyll

Germany

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

See the guide

Waterfall of Reinhardstein

Belgium

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

See the guide

Waterfalls of Coo

Belgium

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

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q1258002) · 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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