Rainbow Falls

While most visitors to Minnewaska Park seem to favor the gravel carriage roads and the major sites like Lake Minnewaska and Awosting Falls, some of the more interesting sites are found on the much less used footpaths that are found throughout the park.  One such footpath I recently explored is the Rainbow Falls footpath, which contains the Rainbow Falls waterfall in the section of the trail found between the Upper and Lower Awosting carriage roads.  The trail was not as clearly marked as it could be in spots, which led to some searches for the next marker at a few points, but was nevertheless a great experience overall. 

For those that just want to view the waterfall and avoid most of the technical aspects of the footpath it is most easily approached by starting the Rainbow Falls footpath at the point where it intersects with the Upper Awosting carriage road and then taking the same path back to the carriage road.