Rainbow Falls
Rainbow Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard. The falls is located on the Horsepasture River. It is on Pisgah National Forest land just outside Gorges State Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Rainbow Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall on Horsepasture River, North Carolina, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Transylvania, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.09086° or 35° 5′ 27″ northLongitude
-82.966° or 82° 57′ 58″ westElevation
2,641 feet (805 metres)Height
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
867V32RM+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 877270365OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
4487021Wikidata ID
Q37882
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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”
- Western Panjabi: “رین بو آبشار (ہورس پیسچیور)”
- Western Panjabi: “رین بو آبشار”
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