Rainbow Canyon

Rainbow Canyon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Rainbow Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Rainbow Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.77190, -108.03066. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rainbow Canyon

• Mason-Lovell Ranch · attraction · Big Horn · ~15 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~39 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~49 km · Must-see
• Tongue Cave · cave · Sheridan · ~70 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~72 km · Must-see
• N and S Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~5 km
• Five Springs Number 1 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~9 km
• Brown Number 1 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~10 km
• Brown Number 2 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~12 km
• Five Springs Number 2 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~12 km
• Medicine Wheel · fort · Big Horn · ~13 km
• Flockhart Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~14 km
• Bischoff Creek Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~14 km
• Black Butte · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~14 km
• Medicine Mountain · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~14 km
• Mexican Hill · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~16 km
• Porcupine Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~16 km
• Little Mountain · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Rainbow Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Rainbow Canyon

• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~72 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~99 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~99 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~99 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~99 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~101 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~101 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~103 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Inn National Historical Landmark · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~106 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~107 km · Must-see

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