Lower Rainbow Falls

Lower Rainbow Falls is a waterfall in Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 7,218 feet. Lower Rainbow Falls is situated nearby to the locality Island Crossing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainbow Falls and Red Cones.

Rainbow Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0.

Rainbow Falls is the highest waterfall on the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River, in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains of California, in the United States.

The Red Cones are a pair of cinder cones near Devils Postpile National Monument, in eastern Madera County of central California. They are within the eastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo National Forest. Red Cones is situated 1½ miles east of Lower Rainbow Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devils Postpile National Monument and Lake Mary.

Devils Postpile National Monument

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Devils Postpile National Monument is a United States national monument located in Madera County in the Sierra Nevada region of the state of California.

Lake Mary

Hamlet

Mammoth Lakes is the only incorporated town in Mono County, California, United States. It is located immediately to the east of Mammoth Mountain, at an elevation of 7,880 feet. Lake Mary is situated 5 miles east of Lower Rainbow Falls.

Lower Rainbow Falls

Type: Waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.5951° or 37° 35′ 42″ north

Longitude

-119.08919° or 119° 5′ 21″ west

Elevation

7,218 feet (2,200 metres)

Height

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

8592HWW6+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 855159673

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

GeoNames ID

5369037

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