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Vojnoměstecký vodopád

A 2 m drop.

When to go

Vojnoměstecký vodopád 1
JirkaSv · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

2m

Height

0.03m³/s

Average flow

Apr–Jun
Aug

Best months

1kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Vojnoměstecký vodopád, month by month

It roars from March to September.

The fullest months: from March to September.

  1. 54%Jan
  2. 63%Feb
  3. 87%Mar
  4. 86%Apr
  5. 100%May
  6. 96%Jun
  7. 90%Jul
  8. 88%Aug
  9. 80%Sep
  10. 65%Oct
  11. 50%Nov
  12. 34%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and August.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Vojnoměstecký vodopád is a waterfall in Czechia. The water falls 2 m.

Getting there.

  • Krucemburknearest town · 3.0 km in a straight line
  • Parking 760 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 39 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRQ airport (Brno)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • From April to June and Augustbest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

2.5 mVojnoměsteckývodopád1.8 ma person9.0 ma house

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

1 kW

About 0.03 m³/s falling 2 m: the power of the water as it drops.

  • enough to power about 0 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

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

Vojnoměstecký vodopád 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 river through the falls
600 m650 mVojnoměstecký vodopád-0.5 km0+0.5 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 90 m in 1.5 km.

What is around.

  • —viewpoints
  • 2waymarked walking routes[M] Pávov - Vojnův Městec, [Ž] Hlinsko - Vojnův Městec
  • 3car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • 1picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • 1information boards and visitor centres
  • 2bus stops within 1 km
  • —other named waterfalls within 4 km
  • —caves
  • 4campsitesVelké Dářko, Rekreační středisko Štíří důl, Kemp pod hrází and 1 more
  • 9hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmU Šimáka, Penzion Cikháj, penzion Velké Dářko and 6 more
  • 1restaurants 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

  • Krucemburk3.0 km in a straight line
  • Ždírec nad Doubravkou6.0 km in a straight line
  • Herálec7.5 km in a straight line
  • Hlinsko9.3 km in a straight line
  • Svratka11 km in a straight line
  • Velká Losenice12 km in a straight line
  • Hamry nad Sázavou13 km in a straight line
  • Žďár nad Sázavou13 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C-1161217212323181150
Night °C-7-6-327111312730-5
Rain & snow (mm)483846408086878564494445
Wet days111012101414151210101011
Sun h/day1.73.54.66.36.77.37.36.85.23.31.21.3
Snow on the ground (cm)1818113000002816

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (643 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

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
202045%206%76%47%125%267%86%160%141%189%72%79%
2021133%120%66%133%147%132%116%139%38%33%92%98%
202284%90%48%114%93%127%82%128%122%51%80%122%
202394%93%89%255%57%81%61%200%28%92%197%215%
2024113%151%87%105%122%89%125%76%353%83%67%82%
202564%26%74%105%67%84%130%59%160%116%128%51%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Vojnoměstecký vodopád

Czechia

  • 2 mHeight
  • 0.03 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–Jun, AugBest months

Vodopád Hostačovky

Czechia

  • —Height
  • 2.3 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar–JunBest months

See the guide

Samechovský vodopád

Czechia

  • 6 mHeight
  • 0.01 m³/sAverage flow
  • Mar, May–Jun, AugBest months

See the guide

Wilczki Falls

Poland

  • 22 mHeight
  • 0.42 m³/sAverage flow
  • Apr–JulBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q13416097) · CC0
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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