Rainbow Trail

Rainbow Trail: 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 trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Rainbow Trail

Season: October to February.

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 Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.30260, -105.88640. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rainbow Trail

• Galena Peak · viewpoint · Saguache · ~2 km · Must-see
• Mount Otto · viewpoint · Saguache · ~3 km · Must-see
• Hayden Spring · viewpoint · Saguache · ~4 km · Must-see
• Bushnell Peak · viewpoint · Fremont · ~5 km · Must-see
• Hunts Peak · viewpoint · Fremont · ~13 km · Must-see
• San Isabel National Forest · sanctuary · Fremont · ~16 km · Must-see
• Cottonwood Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~18 km · Must-see
• Hot Springs · viewpoint · Saguache · ~19 km · Must-see
• Methodist Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~25 km · Must-see
• Poncha Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~31 km · Must-see
• O'Haver Lake · lake · Chaffee · ~33 km · Must-see
• Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area · sanctuary · Fremont · ~35 km · Must-see
• Spread Eagle Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~36 km · Must-see
• Antora Peak · viewpoint · Saguache · ~36 km · Must-see
• Rito Alto Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~37 km · Must-see
• Mount Ouray · viewpoint · Saguache · ~40 km · Must-see
• Saguache County Museum · museum · Saguache · ~41 km · Must-see
• Eureka Mountain · viewpoint · Custer · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Rainbow Trail

Other treks near Rainbow Trail

• Barr Trail · trek · El Paso · ~124 km · Must-see
• Collegiate East · trek · Chaffee · ~75 km
• Collegiate West · trek · Chaffee · ~84 km
• CDT - Colorado Section · trek · Pitkin · ~125 km
• Talon · trek · El Paso · ~129 km
• Colorado Trail · trek · Park · ~141 km
• Colorado Trail · trek · Mineral · ~148 km
• Colorado Trail Seg. 15 US-50 to Marshall Pass · trek · Chaffee · ~47 km
• Colorado Trail Seg. 14 Chalk Creek Trailhead to US-50 · trek · Chaffee · ~57 km
• Wagon Loop Trail · trek · Chaffee · ~59 km

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