page_title: Rainbow Falls Trail
section_title: Information
hierarchical_section_title: Rainbow Falls Trail / Information
caption_attribution_description: Le Conte Creek drains Mount Le Conte, one of the highest mountains in the eastern United States, before flowing into Baskins Creek, upstream from the city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Photo taken by myself, Scott Basford, on June 3, 2006.
context_page_description: The Rainbow Falls Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the third tallest in the park mountain east of the Mississippi River, and passes Rainbow Falls before absorbing the Alum Cave Trail and terminating near the LeConte Lodge. REF USNPS and GSMNP
context_section_description: The Rainbow Falls Trail is approximately the same as the route taken by Paul Adams as he led the first Park Commission trip to LeConte, which helped lead to the formation of the national park.
  The trailhead is located inside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, off Cherokee Orchard Road, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
caption: LeConte Creek after heavy rainfall
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