Rainbow Lakes

Rainbow Lakes: 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 lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Rainbow Lakes

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

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 Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 58.43280, -128.45346. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rainbow Lakes

• Sharktooth Mountain · viewpoint · Stikine Region · ~42 km · Must-see
• Zwerger Cascade · waterfall · Stikine Region · ~39 km
• Dall River Old Growth Provincial Park · sanctuary · Stikine Region · ~62 km
• Lamarque Pass · viewpoint · Stikine Region · ~72 km
• Elephant Lake · lake · Stikine Region · ~12 km
• Wolverine Lake · lake · ~15 km
• Gray Lake · lake · Stikine Region · ~20 km
• Gray Lake (sjö i Kanada, British Columbia, lat 58,32, long · lake · Stikine Region · ~20 km
• Provencher Lake · lake · ~28 km
• Hottah Lake · lake · Stikine Region · ~29 km
• Letain Lake · lake · ~30 km
• King Mountain · viewpoint · Stikine Region · ~38 km
• King Mountain (berg i Kanada, British Columbia, lat 58,28, long · viewpoint · ~38 km
• Mount Shea · viewpoint · ~39 km
• Mount Shea · viewpoint · Stikine Region · ~39 km
• Boulder City Lake · lake · Yukon · ~42 km
• Settea Lake · lake · ~45 km
• Wade Lake · lake · ~47 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Rainbow Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Rainbow Lakes

• Deadwood Lake · lake · Stikine Region · ~92 km · Must-see
• Solitary Lake · lake · Stikine Region · ~114 km · Must-see
• Gladys Lake Ecological Reserve · lake · Stikine Region · ~118 km · Must-see
• Dease Lake · lake · Yukon · ~118 km · Must-see
• Dease Lake · lake · Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine · ~121 km · Must-see
• Aeroplane Lake · lake · Stikine Region · ~134 km · Must-see
• Duncan (Amazay) Lake · lake · Peace River Regional · ~138 km · Must-see
• Tā Ch'ilā Provincial Park · lake · Yukon · ~140 km · Must-see
• Simmons Lake · lake · Yukon · ~141 km · Must-see
• Cold Fish Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~110 km

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