
In numbers.
0.22m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Jul
Sep–Oct
Best months
10m
Elevation
The water at Still Brook Waterfall, month by month
It roars from March to June and from October to January.
The fullest months: from March to June and from October to January. Below −4 °C on average (February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.5 m³/sMar
- 0.7 m³/sApr
- 0.7 m³/sMay
- 0.5 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.4 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.04 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.73 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July and from September 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.
Waterfall
Still Brook Waterfall is a waterfall in Canada. It lies within Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
Getting there.
- Ingonishnearest town · 8.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 150 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 72 km in a straight lineCar hire at YQY airport (Sydney)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to July and from September to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 49 m in 1.7 km.
What is around.
- 6viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- 1swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 kmMary Ann Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants 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
- Ingonish8.9 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 | -2 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| Night °C | -5 | -7 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 96 | 89 | 83 | 92 | 84 | 94 | 82 | 93 | 95 | 112 | 114 | 126 |
| Wet days | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 0.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 21 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (10 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 | 96% | 97% | 114% | 68% | 107% | 71% | 88% | 76% | 56% | 85% | 77% | 92% |
| 2021 | 63% | 113% | 110% | 129% | 100% | 79% | 110% | 38% | 113% | 61% | 145% | 87% |
| 2022 | 169% | 121% | 126% | 118% | 94% | 104% | 105% | 83% | 119% | 56% | 109% | 107% |
| 2023 | 153% | 92% | 76% | 47% | 101% | 91% | 113% | 150% | 69% | 119% | 81% | 94% |
| 2024 | 54% | 110% | 143% | 81% | 71% | 98% | 87% | 77% | 41% | 72% | 108% | 71% |
| 2025 | 97% | 101% | 102% | 141% | 108% | 51% | 110% | 62% | 59% | 56% | 140% | 99% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37430) · 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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