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Rainbow Falls
Waterfall · Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley · British Columbia

Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls is a perennial plunge waterfall located near Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The municipal boundary of Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley includes it. 5 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Sasquatch Mountain Resort (14 km).

Photo: Rainbow Falls, The High Fin Sperm Whale (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
In Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
inside the municipal boundary
How well known
Top 7%
#319 of 5,181 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 19–25°C
In brief

Waterfall in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

Ranked by coverage, #319 of 5,181 places to visit across Canada. About ↓

Inside Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley

Inside Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s municipal boundary: Rainbow Falls. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Seasons and weather

Afternoons in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley peak at 19–25°C, May to September.

Jan6° / 1°250 mm
Feb9° / 2°137 mm
Mar11° / 3°152 mm
Apr15° / 6°123 mm
May19° / 9°90 mm
Jun21° / 12°91 mm
Jul25° / 13°55 mm
Aug25° / 13°69 mm
Sep22° / 11°98 mm
Oct15° / 7°185 mm
Nov9° / 4°268 mm
Dec6° / 1°217 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Agassiz, 15 km from Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s full climate →
About

Rainbow Falls

It has articles in 6 Wikipedias.

Rainbow Falls on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Waterfall
Wikipedias
Covered in 6 languages
Town
in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.
The map

Mapping Rainbow Falls

Orange marks Rainbow Falls, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

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  1. 1Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley
  2. 2Kent
  3. 3Harrison Hot Springs
  4. 4Hope
  5. 5Rosedale
1 · It’s in town

Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley

1,155 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 4.4 km southwest of it

Kent

7,093 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 12 km southwest of it

Harrison Hot Springs

2,148 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 23 km southeast of it

Hope

7,183 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns
TownWhere Rainbow Falls isPeoplePlaces to visit
Electoral Area C, Fraser ValleyIt’s in town1,15514
Kent4.4 km southwest of it7,09313
Harrison Hot Springs12 km southwest of it2,1484
Hope23 km southeast of it7,1832
Rosedale23 km southwest of it2,4013
Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Rainbow Falls: what to know

Where is Rainbow Falls?

Inside the town’s municipal boundary: Rainbow Falls is in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley, British Columbia.

What is Rainbow Falls?

Perennial plunge waterfall located near Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada.

How well known is Rainbow Falls?

Going by Wikipedia and its sister sites, Rainbow Falls is #319 of the places we list in Canada.

When is the best time to visit Rainbow Falls?

For warmth, aim for May to September: highs of 19–25°C in Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).