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Rogie Falls

On the Black Water.

When to go

Rogie Falls - panoramio (3)
L-BBE · CC BY 3.0

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.

  1. 11 m³/sJan
  2. 7.7 m³/sFeb
  3. 8.4 m³/sMar
  4. 7.7 m³/sApr
  5. 6.8 m³/sMay
  6. 5.7 m³/sJun
  7. 8.0 m³/sJul
  8. 14 m³/sAug
  9. 9.3 m³/sSep
  10. 19 m³/sOct
  11. 16 m³/sNov
  12. 12 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

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.

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Seen from the sky.

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

Rogie Falls 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 Black Water through the falls
40 m60 mRogie Falls-1.5 km-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.

The valley below the falls
−690 m+690 m

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C5681114161817151286
Night °C11246911119642
Rain & snow (mm)7261615672849510275967572
Wet days191718161819202017191918
Sun h/day0.41.73.04.95.94.74.43.83.32.00.90.2
Snow on the ground (cm)11129300000049

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202082%172%85%40%82%139%86%67%88%194%88%146%
2021105%75%120%66%133%35%93%55%72%118%106%105%
202274%150%37%114%99%50%95%51%73%80%117%91%
2023106%73%129%83%42%63%123%69%123%105%78%140%
202488%96%88%136%75%85%100%76%67%60%55%167%
202560%52%65%53%66%79%71%50%78%106%126%93%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Rogie Falls

United Kingdom

  • —Height
  • 12 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr, Aug–OctBest months

Falls of Orrin

United Kingdom

  • —Height
  • 5.3 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr, Aug–OctBest months

See the guide

Culnaskiach Falls

United Kingdom

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

See the guide

Falls of Foyers

United Kingdom

  • —Height
  • 8.6 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr, Aug–OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q7359399) · 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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