Vodopád Černého potoka, Mountain waterfall in Hejnice, Czech Republic

Vodopád Černého potoka is a 7-metre waterfall on the Černý potok stream in the Jizera Mountains, where a boulder about 5 metres across is wedged between rock walls and splits the water into two branches. A series of smaller cascades accompanies the two arms, and the average flow is 170 litres per second.

The waterfall owes its shape to a boulder about 5 m across that lodged between rock walls and splits the stream into two arms with cascades. Since 1999 the surrounding beech forest has been protected, today within the Jizerskohorské bučiny National Nature Reserve.

Along the marked trails to the falls, walkers pass numerous small crosses, memorial stones and painted pictures set in the woods. They commemorate specific events such as murders, suicides and the deaths of woodcutters, poachers and foresters, and the Jizera Mountains hold more of them than other Czech ranges.

From Bílý Potok, a green-marked trail runs about 2 km to the U Liščí Boudy junction; from there it is roughly 250 m to the falls. The yellow trail from Hejnice is about a kilometre longer. The final stretch climbs gently.

The 7-metre drop is split into two arms by a boulder about 5 metres across that lodged between the rock walls; the stream then continues through a series of smaller cascades. Average flow is around 170 litres per second.