Journey to 4 EPIC North Carolina Waterfalls in 2 Miles | Hiking Rainbow Falls & Turtleback Falls

We found 4 massive waterfalls in this 2-mile one-way stretch and 1 bonus smaller waterfall. Also, there were 3 additional landmarks in this amazing hike, too! Located in Pisgah Forest near the Blue Ridge escarpment, today we hiked alongside the Horse Pasture River to Rainbow Falls & Turtleback Falls. Gorges State park in North Carolina is an incredible location for hiking and camping, as we found many campsites along the way.

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In the "Hiking Epic Trails" series, we find the coolest landmarks on each hiking trail and give them a name. However, some of them already have a name. In order, the landmarks in this video are stairway falls, campsite on rocky beach, rock peninsula, the rocks at midway, halfway working falls, rainbow falls, turtleback falls, and drift falls.

Rainbow Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard. The falls is located on the Horsepasture River. It is on Pisgah National Forest land just outside Gorges State Park.

History
A proposal to route the flow of the river around the falls in the mid 1980s for a hydroelectric power plant was thwarted by public opposition. On October 27, 1986, the Horsepasture River was designated a national Wild and Scenic River, protecting the falls from future development.

Geology
The rock face over which the river flows is not vertical, but the large volume of water during normal river flows cause it to leap many feet out from the rock and a deep plunge pool lies at the bottom of the falls. It creates large amounts of wind and mist that race up the hillside opposite the falls. If the sun is in the right position, a rainbow is easily observed here, giving the falls its name.

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Heading There
0:51 - Gorges State Park
0:59 - Starting the Hike to Rainbow Falls
1:23 - Adventurous Split off path
1:45 - Stairway Falls
3:22 - Camping
3:41 - Hiking
4:00 - Campsite on Rocky Beach
4:29 - Horsepasture River
4:40 - Hiking
4:57 - Rock Peninsula
5:45 - The Rocks at Midway
6:26 - Halfway Working Falls
6:58 - Rainbow Falls
9:38 - Turtleback Falls
11:10 - Drift Falls
12:12 - Rating Difficulty & Scenery