Rainbow Falls
Rainbow Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 395 m. Gomer Hill stands 643 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade Falls, a waterfall 2.3 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Height
- 30 m
- Width
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.2 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 17.4 mi off the Black River Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
112 named places within 25 miles
- Athletic Fields: 8.7 mi
- Gary Tyner Memorial Field: 9.1 mi
- Thompson Park: 9.3 mi
- Firemen's Park: 9.7 mi
- Adams Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
- Underwood Hill: 5.3 mi
- Dry Hill: 7.1 mi
- Orvis Hill: 10.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 12.5 mi
- Castor Hill: 12.6 mi
- Honeyville Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Washington Park: 8.4 mi
- Littlejohn State Game Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Brownville Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection: 14.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum: 15.5 mi
- LeRay Mansion: 15.5 mi
- Sackets Harbor Historical Society: 16.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 9.5 mi
- New York Central Roundhouse: 10.9 mi
- Deer River Station: 14.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Monument: 15.4 mi
- Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 17.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 2.3 mi
- Salmon River Falls: 20.3 mi
- Gilmore Shore: 17.1 mi
- Southwick Beach: 19.7 mi
- Woodward Sidehill: 11.0 mi
- Fort Drum MWR: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rainbow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gomer Hill | SE 126° | 643 m | 21.3 mi |
| Tug Hill | SE 128° | 585 m | 23.5 mi |
| Wards Hill | SSE 156° | 562 m | 16.2 mi |
| Castor Hill | S 182° | 452 m | 12.6 mi |
| Coey Hill | S 188° | 373 m | 19.3 mi |
| Beech Hill | E 87° | 351 m | 23.9 mi |
| Underwood Hill | N 2° | 348 m | 5.3 mi |
| Myers Hill | SSW 201° | 340 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:42 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watertown, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6172220007
Take the scenic way to Rainbow Falls.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.