Rainbow Falls
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.Photo: Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Red Cones.
Red Cones
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 southeast of 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 4½ miles east of Rainbow Falls.
Old Mammoth
Suburb
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. Old Mammoth is situated 6 miles east of Rainbow Falls.
Rainbow Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Madera County, California
- Category: body of water
- Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.60189° or 37° 36′ 7″ northLongitude
-119.08397° or 119° 5′ 2″ westElevation
7,415 feet (2,260 metres)Open location code
8592JW28+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 370757336OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Mazanderani to Vietnamese—“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”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lower Rainbow Falls and The Buttresses.
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