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Huťský vodopád

A 16 m drop.

When to go

Hutsky waterfall 2010
Jakub jaros · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

16m

Height

0.05m³/s

Average flow

Apr–Jun
Aug

Best months

8kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Huťský vodopád, month by month

It roars from January to September.

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

  1. 76%Jan
  2. 82%Feb
  3. 100%Mar
  4. 94%Apr
  5. 95%May
  6. 90%Jun
  7. 91%Jul
  8. 88%Aug
  9. 79%Sep
  10. 72%Oct
  11. 63%Nov
  12. 51%Dec
high water best months to go may freeze

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

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

Huťský vodopád is a waterfall in Czechia. The water falls 16 m.

Getting there.

  • Rokytnice nad Jizerounearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
  • Parking 160 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 82 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From April to June and Augustbest months to go (estimate)

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

16 mHuťskývodopád1.8 ma person9.0 ma house56 mTower of Pisa

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

8 kW

About 0.05 m³/s falling 16 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 2 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.

Huťský vodopád 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 Huťský potok through the falls
600 m800 m1,000 mHuťský vodopád-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.

Around the falls the river drops 444 m in 3.2 km.

What is around.

  • 3viewpointsSedlo Lysé hory
  • 14waymarked walking routes[Ž] Rokytnice n. Jiz - Sedlo Mokrá Prelecz, [Ž] Rokytnice - Rezek, [Č] Vrbatova bouda - Vysoké nad Jizerou and 11 more
  • 11car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 8picnic sites
  • 3toilets
  • 33information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 5other named waterfalls within 4 kmLabský vodopád, Pančavský vodopád, Hančův vodopád and 2 more
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesAutokemp Zátiší, Camping Jiskra
  • 155hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmParkhotel Harrachov, Hotel Omega, Chata Votočka and 152 more
  • 21restaurants 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

  • Rokytnice nad Jizerou4.8 km in a straight line
  • Harrachov6.0 km in a straight line
  • Jablonec nad Jizerou6.3 km in a straight line
  • Špindlerův Mlýn7.9 km in a straight line
  • Benecko8.8 km in a straight line
  • Poniklá9.0 km in a straight line
  • Vysoké nad Jizerou9.1 km in a straight line
  • Kořenov9.7 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C-3-14101519212116103-2
Night °C-9-8-5059111061-2-6
Rain & snow (mm)624853417584928565585659
Wet days141213111414161211111214
Sun h/day1.32.63.86.06.67.06.86.34.93.01.00.8
Snow on the ground (cm)2018123000001818

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (789 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Huťský potok a Huťský vodopád
cs:ŠJů · CC BY-SA 3.0
Huťský vodopád (02)
cs:ŠJů · CC BY-SA 3.0
Huťský vodopád v Rokytnici nad Jizerou
Keana · 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
202056%243%91%30%126%237%51%145%119%187%52%58%
2021117%113%91%108%174%110%134%158%62%59%97%87%
202285%166%41%128%72%137%61%119%120%56%67%101%
2023108%120%142%196%47%66%90%214%33%118%214%182%
2024118%227%55%100%95%67%123%99%320%69%97%76%
202593%34%58%109%97%78%112%61%140%134%95%54%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Huťský vodopád

Czechia

  • 16 mHeight
  • 0.05 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, AugBest months

Pančavský vodopád

Czechia

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

See the guide

Kamieńczyk Waterfall

Poland

  • 27 mHeight
  • —Average flow
  • Apr–May, Jul–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 (Q12021027) · 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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