Adventure 3: Rainbow Falls
2 of my friends were able to join me on this adventure. Michelle and Haylie. Michelle loves waterfall and photography almost as much as I do. Ok maybe as much!
This is a majestic waterfall that I have heard dozens of times from passing up above it hiking around Signal Mountain. I had inspiration to find the waterfall from an Instagram friend who had been and happened to be available to show the way this day. The hike down is off a steep cliff where every step must be taken with caution. It is a very rewarding trek if you are capable of getting down though. You can get to rainbow falls 2 ways. You can park and hike from Signal Point or Rainbow Lake Trailhead. Signal point trail head will give you a beautiful overlook of the TN River and down into Middle Creek. If you go after a rain you may see and hear Julia falls out in the distance to the right. I chose to take the shorter option from Rainbow Lake trailhead which offers a stop at Rainbow Lake.
This photo does this "trail" no justice. It is much steeper terrain than it looks here.
Michelle had an unfortunate event occur on the slippery rocks on the right of this photo. She was using her brand new Nikon D7500 for the first time and fell in the water. Camera was unfortunately ruined and had to be replaced.
There is a dam that pours into a pool where people often swim.
You then have maybe another mile of a hike to get to Rainbow Falls. It’s an 80 foot waterfall that also flows into a pool which leads down the creek. I love challenging hikes and this was the first one on my 30/30 challenge.
