While hikers can travel Rainbow Falls Trail for its full 6.7 miles to Mount Le Conte, most opt for the 5.6-mile out-and-back hike to its namesake waterfall. Rainbow Falls cascades 80 feet, making it ...

A 16-year-old girl died while saving her younger sister from plunging over the Rainbow Falls waterfall in North Carolina on the Fourth of July Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has ...

A fifth person has died this summer in a series of tragic waterfall incidents in the North Carolina area. A 16-year-old girl fell from the top of Rainbow Falls in Transylvania County on Wednesday. On ...

A 16-year-old girl who fell July 4th from the top of Rainbow Falls in Transylvania County has become the latest is a series of waterfall tragedies in the region over the past six weeks. The girl was ...

Rainbow Waterfall, or Waiānuenue, on Hawai'i's Big Island is a natural wonder formed by volcanic activity and the erosive ...

Crowds are flocking to Dana Point after the winter storm that brought days of heavy rain to Southern California formed a ...

Plan Ahead: For the best chances at spotting a rainbow, visit in the morning. Rainbow Falls doesn't require a long hike and can easily be a quick, 15-minute stop. Located at Wailuku River State Park ...

After more than a year of closure, another summer approaches with gates blocking a popular waterfall west of Colorado Springs. In Manitou Springs, the near-term future of Rainbow Falls appears to be ...

Authorities in western North Carolina have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl who plummeted from a 125-foot waterfall on the Fourth of July. H’Money Siu was hiking with a group when she entered ...