
In numbers.
12m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
50m
Elevation
The water at Rogie Falls, month by month
It roars from July to April.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year.
- 11 m³/sJan
- 7.7 m³/sFeb
- 8.4 m³/sMar
- 7.7 m³/sApr
- 6.8 m³/sMay
- 5.7 m³/sJun
- 8.0 m³/sJul
- 14 m³/sAug
- 9.3 m³/sSep
- 19 m³/sOct
- 16 m³/sNov
- 12 m³/sDec
From about 5.7 m³/s in the lowest month to 19 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August to 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.
Series of waterfalls on Black Water, Highland, Scotland, UK
Rogie Falls is a waterfall on the Black Water, in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Strathpeffernearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 320 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Inverness Airport (INV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to 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 34 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 50 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsView Rock
- 2waymarked walking routesContin forest and View Rock, Rogie Falls Riverside Trail
- 5car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- 3toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsitesRiverside Campsite
- 14hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBen Wyvis Hotel, Strathpeffer Hotel, Heatherlie Bed & Breakfast and 11 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Strathpeffer3.6 km in a straight line
- Maryburgh9.7 km in a straight line
- Conon Bridge10 km in a straight line
- Dingwall10 km in a straight line
- Muir of Ord12 km in a straight line
- Beauly14 km in a straight line
- Evanton18 km in a straight line
- Alness24 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 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 61 | 61 | 56 | 72 | 84 | 95 | 102 | 75 | 96 | 75 | 72 |
| Wet days | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (50 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 | 82% | 172% | 85% | 40% | 82% | 139% | 86% | 67% | 88% | 194% | 88% | 146% |
| 2021 | 105% | 75% | 120% | 66% | 133% | 35% | 93% | 55% | 72% | 118% | 106% | 105% |
| 2022 | 74% | 150% | 37% | 114% | 99% | 50% | 95% | 51% | 73% | 80% | 117% | 91% |
| 2023 | 106% | 73% | 129% | 83% | 42% | 63% | 123% | 69% | 123% | 105% | 78% | 140% |
| 2024 | 88% | 96% | 88% | 136% | 75% | 85% | 100% | 76% | 67% | 60% | 55% | 167% |
| 2025 | 60% | 52% | 65% | 53% | 66% | 79% | 71% | 50% | 78% | 106% | 126% | 93% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q7359399) · 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.
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