Rainbow Falls
Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska
- Access status
- Route and parking researched
- The walk
- 0.8 miles one-way
- Ground & access
- Steep stairs, log steps and boardwalk, which can be slippery. Current reconstruction status unverified.
Climb through hemlock forest to Rainbow Falls; return rather than continuing onto Institute Creek Trail.
Plan your visit
Rainbow Falls Trail from Zimovia Highway
1.6 miles return, calculated; about 500 feet of climbing to the waterfall. Longer trails continue beyond.
Steep stairs, log steps and boardwalk, which can be slippery. Current reconstruction status unverified.
Where to start
Use the Shoemaker Bay Park parking area across Zimovia Highway from the Rainbow Falls trailhead at mile 4.5. A city transportation document explicitly identifies it as the trail parking area. Crossing the highway is required; current crossing markings and restrictions have not been verified.
Timing & water
No operating season or current closure stated by the city; verify present trail conditions.
Before you go
Fees and reservation requirements are not stated in the cited visitor source; confirm before travel.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
No other mapped waterfalls within 40 miles.