Rainbow

Rainbow is an electrical substation in Cascade, Montana. Rainbow is situated nearby to the waterfall Crooked Falls, as well as near the village Black Eagle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rainbow Falls and Rainbow Dam.

Rainbow Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rainbow Falls is a waterfall on the Missouri River in Great Falls, Montana, just upstream from Crooked Falls and downstream from Colter Falls and Rainbow Dam.

Rainbow Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River, 29 feet high and 1,055 feet long, located six miles northeast of Great Falls in the U.S. state of Montana. Rainbow Dam is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Rainbow.

Giant Springs

Park

Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Giant Springs is a large first-magnitude spring located near Great Falls, Montana and is the central feature of Giant Springs State Park. Its water has a constant temperature of 54 °F and originates from snowmelt in the Little Belt Mountains, 60 miles away. Giant Springs is situated 1½ miles west of Rainbow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Black Eagle and Great Falls.

Black Eagle

Village

Black Eagle is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Black Eagle had a population of 949. It is a suburb of Great Falls. Black Eagle is situated 4 miles west of Rainbow.

Great Falls

Photo: Villian88, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Great Falls is a city in Central Montana. It is the third most populous city in Montana with approximately 60,000 people. It is the hub for commercial and financial dealings in the center of the state.

Gibson Flats

Hamlet

Gibson Flats is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gibson Flats had a population of 203. It is part of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gibson Flats is situated 5 miles southwest of Rainbow.

Rainbow

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Cascade, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.53735° or 47° 32′ 15″ north

Longitude

-111.19524° or 111° 11′ 43″ west

Operator

NorthWestern Energy

Open location code

85VCGRP3+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 346449801

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