Rainbow Falls
Rainbow Falls, or Waiānuenue, is a waterfall located in Hilo, Hawaii. It is 80 ft tall and almost 100 ft in diameter. The falls are part of the Hawai'i State Parks.Photo: Brett D Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lyman House Memorial Museum and Pacific Tsunami Museum.
Lyman House Memorial Museum
Museum
The Lyman House Memorial Museum, also known as the Lyman Museum and Lyman House, is a Hilo, Hawaii-based natural history museum founded in 1931 in the Lyman family mission house, originally built in 1838.
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Museum
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0.
The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a museum in Hilo, Hawaii dedicated to the history of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami which devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo. Pacific Tsunami Museum is situated 2½ km east of Rainbow Falls.
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
Arts center
The East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center is an art gallery, community theater, and cultural center in downtown Hilo, Hawaii. EHCC features regular art exhibitions with free or suggested donation entry to the general public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wainaku and Hilo.
Wainaku
Village
Photo: Paolo Salmaso, CC BY 2.0.
Wainaku is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2020 census. Wainaku is situated 3 km northeast of Rainbow Falls.
Hilo
Photo: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hilo is a town on the Big Island of Hawaii. The county seat and largest city in Hawaii County, Hilo is one of the best starting points to explore the eastern half of the island, including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Waiākea
Suburb
Waiākea is an ancient subdivision in the Hilo District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and an early settlement on Hilo Bay. Waiākea is situated 4 km east of Rainbow Falls.
Rainbow Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Hawaii
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.71948° or 19° 43′ 10″ northLongitude
-155.10959° or 155° 6′ 35″ westElevation
113 metres (371 feet)Height
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
73F6PV9R+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5618900932OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5853498Wikidata ID
Q1968596
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Satellite Map
Discover Rainbow Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Persian—“Rainbow Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cascades Rainbow”
- Catalan: “Waiānuenue”
- French: “Rainbow Falls (Hawaï)”
- French: “Rainbow Falls”
- Japanese: “レインボーフォールズ”
- Japanese: “虹の滝”
- Persian: “آبشار رینبو”
- Persian: “ابشار رینبو”
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