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Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls is a waterfall located in Chimney Rock, , .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hickorynut Falls and Bluerock Mountain.

Waterfall
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Hickory Nut Falls, also known as , is a waterfall located at Chimney Rock State Park in , .

Peak
is a mountain in , near the community of . It is split between and counties, it is home of the Bat Cave Preserve and part of Chimney Rock State Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chimney Rock and Bat Cave.

Village
Photo: Aeæ, GFDL.
is a village in , , United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census. The village took its name from a large gneiss located on a summit above the village itself in State Park.

Hamlet
Photo: Washuotaku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an unincorporated community in , United States and is part of the . Named after a located on , it is the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public. is situated 1½ miles west of Rainbow Falls.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in United States and is part of the . is situated 3½ miles west of Rainbow Falls.

Rainbow Falls

Latitude
35.44918° or 35° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
-82.25618° or 82° 15′ 22″ west
Elevation
2,241 feet (683 metres)
Open location code
867VCPXV+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10197856551
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
4487020
Wiki­data ID
Q37631
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In Other Languages

From Mazanderani to Western Panjabi—“Rainbow Falls” goes by many names.
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار رینبو”
  • Mazanderani: “رینبو ئوشار”
  • Persian: “آبشار رینبو”
  • Persian: “ابشار رینبو”
  • Tajik: “Обшори Рейнбоу”
  • Tajik: “Рейнбоу”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Рейнбоу”
  • Urdu: “رین بو آبشار”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác Cầu vồng”
  • Western Panjabi: “رین بو آبشار (روتھرفورڈ)”
  • Western Panjabi: “رین بو آبشار”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rainbow Falls”. Photo: 5minutes, CC BY-SA 3.0.