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Trefflingfall

One of the waterfalls of Austria.

When to go

Puchenstuben - Trefflingfall (a)
C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY 4.0

In numbers.

0.26m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Jun–Sep

Best months

616m

Elevation

The water at Trefflingfall, month by month

It roars in March and from May to September.

The fullest months: March and from May to September.

  1. 0.3 m³/sJan
  2. 0.3 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.4 m³/sMar
  4. 0.3 m³/sApr
  5. 0.5 m³/sMay
  6. 0.5 m³/sJun
  7. 0.5 m³/sJul
  8. 0.5 m³/sAug
  9. 0.5 m³/sSep
  10. 0.3 m³/sOct
  11. 0.2 m³/sNov
  12. 0.1 m³/sDec
high water best months to go

From about 0.12 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.51 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.

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 in Lower Austria

Trefflingfall is a waterfall in Austria.

Getting there.

  • Puchenstubennearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
  • Parking 20 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 86 km in a straight lineCar hire at LNZ airport (Linz)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From June to Septemberbest 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.

Trefflingfall 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 Trefflingbach through the falls
600 m625 m650 m675 mTrefflingfall-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 77 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 148 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

  • 1viewpoints
  • 5waymarked walking routesÖtscherland-Rundwanderweg, Erlauf (Trefflingfall) - Bärenlacken, Voralpenweg and 2 more
  • 4car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 10picnic sites
  • 1toilets
  • 8information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmTrefflingfall, Hundsbachfall
  • 7caves
  • —campsites
  • 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmAlmhaus Hochbärneck, Hotel Winterbach, Erlebnisdorf Sulzbichl and 5 more
  • 3restaurants 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

  • Puchenstuben3.6 km in a straight line
  • Frankenfels9.4 km in a straight line
  • Scheibbs11 km in a straight line
  • Gaming11 km in a straight line
  • Sankt Georgen an der Leys12 km in a straight line
  • Reinsberg15 km in a straight line
  • Oberndorf an der Melk16 km in a straight line
  • Lunz am See17 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C1281418212323181382
Night °C-6-5-237121313840-4
Rain & snow (mm)79637256118134131132106746066
Wet days121214121618181513121214
Sun h/day1.93.64.76.56.57.17.36.95.23.61.71.5
Snow on the ground (cm)1817113000002716

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (616 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer - Trefflingfall III - Wasser gräbt eine Höhle
Haeferl · CC BY-SA 3.0
Trefflingfall 20160716 01
Uoaei1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Trefflingfall 20160716 02
Uoaei1 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
202046%185%67%42%113%143%110%146%149%167%33%79%
2021110%53%64%90%99%52%119%148%47%53%114%137%
202284%108%26%161%78%105%101%105%114%73%114%77%
202369%133%67%274%74%72%85%123%44%78%261%242%
202489%88%72%132%93%100%99%68%310%80%39%84%
202538%26%127%97%89%74%158%70%96%116%105%31%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Trefflingfall

Austria

  • —Height
  • 0.26 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jun–SepBest months

Mira Fall

Austria

  • —Height
  • 0.90 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jun–SepBest months

See the guide

Lassingfall

Austria

  • —Height
  • 0.79 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jun–SepBest months

See the guide

Wasserfall zum Toten Weib

Austria

  • 8 mHeight
  • 2.5 m³/sAverage flow
  • Jun–SepBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q2451018) · 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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