Rainbow Cascades is a waterfall on Glen Onoko Run in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in the Ridge and Valley region, with a total height of about 50 feet. It lies about 1.9 miles northwest of Jim Thorpe and roughly 24 miles northwest of Allentown as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Pennsylvania’s 133 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 20th; the typical Pennsylvania waterfall is about 28 feet.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges. Glen Onoko Run carries 10 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 64 feet.
There are 17 recorded waterfalls in Carbon County. Chameleon Falls, a 22-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Spectre Cascade, a horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Fawns Leap, is under a mile away.
Rainbow Cascades is located at 40.8864° N, 75.7654° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.