Canada 
In numbers.
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
200m
Elevation
The water at Mill Falls, month by month
It roars from April to June and in October.
The fullest months: from April to June and October. Below −4 °C on average (from January to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 54%Jan
- 62%Feb
- 74%Mar
- 98%Apr
- 100%May
- 77%Jun
- 65%Jul
- 51%Aug
- 62%Sep
- 78%Oct
- 69%Nov
- 49%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Ancasternearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 50 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight lineCar hire at YHM airport (Hamilton)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest 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 67 m in 1.5 km. Here the river runs about 19 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsCanterbury Falls, Deer run and 2 more
- 3waymarked walking routesBruce Trail - Iroquoia section, Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail, Arteban Road Side Trail
- 106car parks
- —swimming spots
- 10picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 13information boards and visitor centres
- 17bus stops within 1 km
- 19other named waterfalls within 4 kmScenic Falls, Upper Princess Falls, Canterbury Falls and 16 more
- —caves
- —campsites
- 4hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmDundas Glen Bed & Breakfast, Motel California, The Barracks Inn and 1 more
- 28restaurants 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
- Ancaster2.0 km in a straight line
- Hamilton10 km in a straight line
- Waterdown13 km in a straight line
- Stoney Creek17 km in a straight line
- Binbrook18 km in a straight line
- Burlington20 km in a straight line
- Ohsweken22 km in a straight line
- St. George22 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 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Night °C | -8 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 50 | 44 | 52 | 68 | 78 | 78 | 86 | 65 | 79 | 77 | 60 | 56 |
| Wet days | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 18 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (200 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 | 134% | 63% | 77% | 50% | 51% | 60% | 62% | 70% | 38% | 55% | 58% | 54% |
| 2021 | 34% | 37% | 31% | 51% | 29% | 70% | 68% | 62% | 98% | 81% | 41% | 52% |
| 2022 | 41% | 84% | 54% | 60% | 66% | 48% | 71% | 66% | 42% | 31% | 51% | 61% |
| 2023 | 86% | 82% | 84% | 83% | 33% | 77% | 118% | 113% | 32% | 73% | 54% | 85% |
| 2024 | 106% | 45% | 64% | 96% | 74% | 68% | 83% | 79% | 46% | 31% | 53% | 69% |
| 2025 | 26% | 66% | 58% | 60% | 57% | 51% | 48% | 54% | 37% | 67% | 40% | 66% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Mill Falls
Canada
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr–Jun, OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37512) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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