Cachoeira do Itaúna
Photo: Mori Morine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 3,037 ft
- elevation
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
- managed by
- Apr–Sep
- best months
Cachoeira do Itaúna is a waterfall in Minas Gerais, Brazil, at about 3,040 ft above sea level. It is inside Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra da Mantiqueira. The nearest town is Baependi, about 7.3 miles southeast of the falls. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
- Elevation
- 3,037 ft
- Land manager
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
Poço Joaquim BernardesWaterfall · ~18 min drivePhoto: Halley Pacheco de Oliveira, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Cachoeira ParaísoWaterfall · ~38 min drivePhoto: Rafael Vianna Croffi from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Cachoeira Véu de NoivaWaterfall · ~38 min drivePhoto: Kamila Penha Pereira de Novaes, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Cachoeira do EscorregaWaterfall · ~41 min drivePhoto: Visconde de Mauá, RJ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Cachoeira do Paiol (5 Estrelas)Waterfall · ~37 min drivePhoto: TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Cachoeira Santa ClaraWaterfall · ~41 min drivePhoto: Eduardo Miyake, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Espraiado do GamarraWaterfall · ~6 min drive
- Cachoeira do BoiWaterfall · ~15 min drive
- cachoeira do CharcoWaterfall · ~15 min drive
- Cachoeira da PrainhaWaterfall · ~16 min drive
Also worth it near here
Serra da CaretaSummit · ~10 min drivePhoto: MICROLARM, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Cachoeira caldeirãoCamping · ~14 min drive
Praia de MinasBeach · ~29 min drivePhoto: Marcio Sette, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Acesso a Pedra Do AltarHiking · ~42 min drivePhoto: Gilcimar Soares Liberato, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Cachoeira do Itaúna
Best months: April–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
78° / 65°
24 wet
Feb
79° / 65°
20 wet
Mar
78° / 64°
18 wet
Apr
76° / 61°
12 wet
May
72° / 56°
11 wet
Jun
70° / 53°
7 wet
Jul
70° / 52°
8 wet
Aug
73° / 54°
7 wet
Sep
75° / 57°
11 wet
Oct
77° / 61°
17 wet
Nov
77° / 63°
20 wet
Dec
77° / 64°
24 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 3,150 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Cachoeira do Itaúna for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
